Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) yesterday announced a Tk1,195.91 crore donation-dependent budget proposal for the fiscal year 2014-15 where it hopes to collect only Tk567.41 crore from own income sources.
While the donation was fixed at Tk628.50 crore which includes development donation Tk590 crore, relief fund Tk40 lakhs and other sources Tk38.10 crore, showed in the proposed budget that also stated that the CCC is hopeful that it also collect revenues from taxes of Tk352.87 crore from the city dwellers.
CCC Mayor M Manjur Alam proposed the budget at a programme held in the Nagar Bhaban auditorium at noon.
The mayor also announced the small revised budget of Tk498.35 crore for the FY 2013-14 while its proposed size was Tk1,106.30 crore.
According to the speech on budget, the donation and the tax of the city dwellers were considered as the main sources of CCC income which it allocated mostly for the development sector. “To turn the city into a economically prosperous, livable and peaceful place, many development projects have been adopted,” said the mayor.
About the scanty budget implementation, Manjur Alam said: “As we did not get the desired allotment from the government, there is a big difference between the proposed and revised budget of the previous fiscal year.”
Terming the water logging a big problem, the mayor said the drainage system of the port city has improved in his tenure than last 10-15 years.
He also stated that the problem would not vanish fully until the Drainage Master Plan of 1995 will be implemented.
Mayor Manjur said the CCC repeatedly urges the government to implement Drainage Master Plan to get rid of the water logging crisis, which is under process.