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Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has announced a proposed budget worth around Tk 10.15 billion (1,015.35 crore) for 2023-2024 fiscal year.
RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton formally announced the annual budget at a press conference at Nagar Bhaban here this noon saying the proposed budget is totally a pro-development one.
Giving the overview of the ongoing and proposed development projects of the corporation, he stated that development works worth about Tk 30.40 billion (3040.77 crore) will be implemented during the 2023-2024 financial year.
Mayor Liton said the proposed budget for the 2022-23 FY was around Tk 10.07 billion (1,007.69 crore), which has been revised at Tk 6.18 billion (618.11 crore).
At the press conference, the mayor said four major projects on infrastructure developments were implemented at a cost of Tk 9.21 billion (921.10 crore) in Rajshahi during the last couple of years.
He told the press conference that the city corporation has been implementing a mega project involving around Tk 29.31 billion (2,931.62 crore) for infrastructural development in Rajshahi.
“We have also planned three other need-based projects of around Tk 1.09 billion (109.47 crore) for development of the city,” he added.
Mayor Liton said the city corporation has been implementing various programmes to bring a qualitative change particularly in the field of infrastructural development and environmental elevation in the metropolitan city.
He said they have adopted a Tk 12.09 billion (1,209.13 crore) project for the conservation and development of the city’s natural water bodies, while another Tk 14.65 billion (1,465.18 crore) project for modernizing the waste management.
Apart from this, they will develop the Hazrat Shah Makhdum Ruposh ® Dargah Sharif with an estimated cost of Tk 248.4 million (24.84 crore), besides constructing the mausoleum of Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman at a cost of Tk 307.7 million (30.77 crore).
Panel mayors, councilors and the officials concerned were present at the press conference.