06-29-2012, 07:38 PM
Rs1.172b Rawal Town TMA budget approved
Rawalpindi : The Rawal Town Administration on Wednesday approved Rs1.172 billion Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) budget for the fiscal year 2012-13.
The budget document was approved by Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Rawal Town Administrator Saif Anwar Jappa with the total opening balance of Rs716.43 million. The TMA expects revenue of Rs1.233 billion during the next fiscal year.
According to the break-up, around Rs35.75 million have been allocated for non-development expenditures, including Rs65 million for salaries, Rs144 million for contingency services and commodities and Rs26 million for miscellaneous expenditures.
The major chunk of the budget, Rs43.102 million, has been made for development projects. An amount of Rs199.40 million remained in the accounts of the TMA as unused development funds.
The TMA has also allocated Rs296.34 million for the purchase, service, maintenance and replacement of staff vehicles. In the budget, TMA allocated Rs10.5 million and Rs118.17 million for installation of streetlights and Rs10 million for pensions.
An amount of Rs394 million has been allocated for new development projects to be launched through the citizens’ community boards. A sum of Rs5.7 million has been allocated for sports and Rs3 million for provision of interest-free loans to the employees of TMA for construction of houses.
The TMA has allocated Rs50.217 million for parks, playgrounds, gardens and open spaces. The concerned authority allocated Rs4 million for road transport patch work, road cuts and rehabilitation and allocated Rs31.79 million for surface drainage, street drainage, storm water drainage and manholes covers. An amount of Rs1.5 million was allocated for water treatment filtration plants.
Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Rawal Town Administrator Saif Anwar Jappa, while talking to journalists, said that they would create more and more sources for revenue generation to make Rawalpindi a developed city.
He admitted that some inspectors were involved in worst kinds of violations including building by-laws violations. “I have issued show-cause notices to corrupt officials of TMA to root out corruption mafia,” he claimed. He also said that Rawalpindi Slaughterhouse would become operational on July 1.
Rawalpindi : The Rawal Town Administration on Wednesday approved Rs1.172 billion Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) budget for the fiscal year 2012-13.
The budget document was approved by Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Rawal Town Administrator Saif Anwar Jappa with the total opening balance of Rs716.43 million. The TMA expects revenue of Rs1.233 billion during the next fiscal year.
According to the break-up, around Rs35.75 million have been allocated for non-development expenditures, including Rs65 million for salaries, Rs144 million for contingency services and commodities and Rs26 million for miscellaneous expenditures.
The major chunk of the budget, Rs43.102 million, has been made for development projects. An amount of Rs199.40 million remained in the accounts of the TMA as unused development funds.
The TMA has also allocated Rs296.34 million for the purchase, service, maintenance and replacement of staff vehicles. In the budget, TMA allocated Rs10.5 million and Rs118.17 million for installation of streetlights and Rs10 million for pensions.
An amount of Rs394 million has been allocated for new development projects to be launched through the citizens’ community boards. A sum of Rs5.7 million has been allocated for sports and Rs3 million for provision of interest-free loans to the employees of TMA for construction of houses.
The TMA has allocated Rs50.217 million for parks, playgrounds, gardens and open spaces. The concerned authority allocated Rs4 million for road transport patch work, road cuts and rehabilitation and allocated Rs31.79 million for surface drainage, street drainage, storm water drainage and manholes covers. An amount of Rs1.5 million was allocated for water treatment filtration plants.
Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Rawal Town Administrator Saif Anwar Jappa, while talking to journalists, said that they would create more and more sources for revenue generation to make Rawalpindi a developed city.
He admitted that some inspectors were involved in worst kinds of violations including building by-laws violations. “I have issued show-cause notices to corrupt officials of TMA to root out corruption mafia,” he claimed. He also said that Rawalpindi Slaughterhouse would become operational on July 1.