Saturday, July 16, 2011

BUDGET FOR SUNDARBAN


 ~BUDGET FOR SUNDARBAN~
KHULNA, June 28: Khulna City Corporation today (Tuesday) has announced its annual budget for Tk. 1.796 billion for the fiscal 2011-2012. The proposed budget is Tk 204.4 million more than the previous year's.
Khulna City Corporation mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque announced the proposed budget at a function arranged at its conference room before the journalists, councillors and elites of the city.
The proposed budget of Tk 1.796 billion of which 548.3 million will be spent out of corporations own fund while the rest 1.248 billion will be spent from government allocation.
Like the previous years, no additional holding tax has been imposed for the FY 2011-12. Rather, the corporation has planned to strengthen the collection of existing tax and re-assessment of the holding tax to ensure civil service to the city dwellers.
He said, of Tk. 196.0 million, Tk. 20.0 million has been allocated for emergency water supply system, Tk. 34.0 million for public health sector and Tk 50.5 million for conservancy.
Besides, adequate provisions were also made for increasing civic amenities of the city dwellers, which included provision for setting up linear park and specialized hospital. The budget has also made adequate provision for development of environment.
The city mayor said that the long cherished WASA has already been formally started.
Tree Fair begins
The fortnight long tree plantation programme and tree fair -2011 has been started at city's Shahid Hadis Park today (Tuesday). Khulna district administration and Sundarban west zone jointly arranged the fair as part of the countrywide programme.
Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque formally inaugurated the fair as chief guest. The inaugural function was presided over by Deputy Commissioner, also convener of the tree fair organising committee, Md Zamsher Ahamad Khandoker.
The function was attended among others by Divisional Commissioner Moshiur Rahman, Conservator of Forest Akbar Hossain, Superintendent of Police Tanvir Haider Chowdhury and DFO Zahir Uddin Ahmed.
A total 42 stalls have been set up in the fair which will remain open from 10 am to 8 pm and continue till July 12. The stalls are displaying saplings of various flowers, medicinal and fruit bearing trees. Seminars and cultural functions will be held during the fair, sources said.
Earlier, a colourful rally was brought out parading the main roads. Government officials, NGO representatives, members of Khulna Nursery Owners' Assoceation, journalists from students from different schools and colleges took part in the rally.print and electronic media.

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