Sukkur : Mayor Sukkur Barrister Arslan Islam Sheikh presented the first budget of the second phase of his tenure, the budget size for the financial year 2024-25 is estimated to be more than 10 billion 50 crore 77 lakh. According to the details, Mayor Sukkur Barrister Arslan Islam Sheikh presided over the budget meeting in which Deputy Mayor Dr. Arshad Mughal, Municipal Commissioner Muhammad Ali Sheikh, UC Chairman, elected members on special seats and other municipal officers participated. Account Officer Ghulam Muhammad Solangi informed the council about the details of the budget size of the financial year 2024-25 and said that the total income of Sukkur Municipal Corporation has been estimated at 10 billion 50 crore 77 lakh 26 thousand 8 hundred 75 rupees while the total The expenditure is 9 billion 80 crore 10 lakh 92 thousand 465 rupees, including savings of 70 crore rupees.
He said that the municipality is expected to get 2 billion 33 crore 77 lakh 11 thousand 375 rupees in the form of OZD, while the capital income is 6 billion 19 crore, one billion in the form of grant and more than 27 crore from personal sources. Is.
He said that more than 35.17 million rupees have been allocated for ongoing development schemes while 3.97 billion rupees have been allocated for new schemes. After the presentation of the budget, all members of the council unanimously approved the budget, appreciating the efforts of the mayor for the improvement of Sukkur city. Addressing the meeting, Mayor Sukkur said that the long-standing problems of drainage and water supply of the city are on the way to be solved, the clean water project worth 2 billion has been approved, the work will start from next month, while the drainage system The disposal stations have been almost upgraded for the improvement of the disposal stations while heavy generators have also been imported to solve the electricity problems. The reason for the accumulation of water in the recent rains was the non-availability of electricity. Some generators have been received while a few more will be received daily, we hope to complete the arrangements in the next one week after which 70% of the problem will be solved, mud pumps, dizons in low-lying areas and where there are problems in drainage due to technical problems Engines and tractor mounts are being installed to enable immediate drainage, the machinery provided will be guarded by elected representatives, they will have to run things, the 70-year-old dilapidated system has been upgraded. Before the monsoon, the work has been completed by sitting on the heads of officers, engineers and contractors. Mayor Sukkur further said that considering the seriousness of climate change, we will concentrate all our focus on plantations so that the present and future generation can be protected from the effects. Mayor Sukkur issued instructions to allocate 30 million rupees for security guard and community police and 40 million rupees for civil society and neighborhood committees, after which the budget was unanimously approved by the members.