The authorities of Barisal City Corporation yesterday proposed a budget of Tk407,8,894,975 for the 2014-15 fiscal year without imposing any new tax.
BCC Mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal presented the budget in the morning in the presence of all councillors at the BCC conference room, where the previous fiscal’s budget of Tk1,422,993,975 was passed.
According to the budget, the BCC estimated that Tk99.06 crore would be provided from their own income while the rest money would come from the government.
During the speech, Mayor Kamal termed the budget insufficient for the 6 lakh city dwellers and identified ensuring the health, sanitation, entertainment and drainage facilities, improving the dilapidated conditions of the city roads and mitigating the drinking water crisis as the main challenges for the corporation.
However, he hoped the budget would be fulfilled with help from the government and the development agencies.
