Ulhasnagar : On Friday, a budget of Rs 523 crore from the Ulhasnagar Municipal Administration for the upcoming financial year 2022-23 (Financial Year 2022-23) to the Chairman of the Municipal Standing Committee. has been assigned. So that the proposed budget can get final approval after discussing it in the Municipal Council. In the proposed budget, there is a suggestion of the administration to increase the water bills by three to four times. People are getting angry because of the cost of water. What do the corporators take on this during the Mahasabha, now the eyes of lakhs of people of the city are on it.
There has been no increase in house tax in the current year’s economy. But the water supply has put a heavy burden on the citizens of the city. Till now Rs 300 was charged from RCC and tier girder dams houses, now the suggestion of recovering Rs 600 from them has been given by the administration in the budget. The slum dwellers used to give 150 rupees, now they have to pay 500 every month.
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Municipal Corporation expects to deposit 523
The Municipal Corporation has set a target of Rs 108 crore from house tax, Rs 35 crore from water supply department, Rs 92 crore under MRTP. Apart from this, the Municipal Corporation is expected to collect 523 from other departments and grants.
553 crore deposits from various departments
Salary and pension of employees, officers and teachers of municipal-run schools will cost 165 crores in this way, 25 crores in the form of water bill of MIDC, similarly a provision has been made to return 84 crores of the loan taken by the Municipal Corporation. . In this sense, 108 crores as property tax in the form of property tax, 35 crores from District Supply Department, 92 crores under MRTP, 553 crores are going to be deposited from various departments of Shefalika, in which 15 crores for electricity department of Municipal Corporation, garbage is collected and dumping ground. 20 crore to reach up to 20 million, 79 crore for city roads and basic facilities, 8 crore for sewage, 42 crore for primary education, 2 crore for beautification of gardens.
To increase the revenue of the Municipal Corporation, there will be a value based methodology, efforts will be made to regularize illegal dam works as per the rules of the Municipal Corporation, to increase the fees generated from authorized mobile towers, hoarding advertisements, collection of fees from hawkers etc.
– Yuvraj Bhadane, Public Relations Officer, Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
10 crore for Women and Child Welfare Committee
12 crores for welfare schemes of weak and backward classes, 1 for vaccination, 10 crore for repair of municipal hospitals, 1.5 crore for purchase of electric vehicles, 55 lakh for solar power, for cleaning manholes The officials have also kept the intention to buy robots for the same. For this, the Municipal Corporation will also buy cycles worth 1 crore, 1 crore, the administration has also taken its decision.
Municipal Corporation takes water from MICD and later supplies water through Municipal Corporation, MIDC has increased some water rates and their arrears have also become substantial. The Municipal Administration has taken this decision under the goal of paying regular water bill and old arrears from the pesos collected by making some increase. But for the last 2 years, people and shopkeepers are going through a period of economic crisis due to Corona. Therefore, being a public representative, along with my other corporators, I will try in the Mahasabha to cancel the proposal of costly water.
– Deepak (Tony) Shirwani, Chairman – Standing Committee Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation