BMC unveils Rs 39,038 crore budget; here are the key highlights
Mirror Online / Updated: Feb 3, 2021, 17:39 IST
The
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC), which is the richest civic body in the country, on Wednesday unveiled its Rs 39,038.83 crore
budget for the year 2021-22. The total budget estimates for the next financial year are 16.74 per cent more than the last fiscal, when it had presented a budget of Rs 33,441.02 crore.
During 2021-22, the proposed capital expenditure is Rs.18,750 crore. From this, work of various STP projects, coastal road, GMLR, Hydro - Solar Power Project at Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Middle Vaitarna Dam, desalination project, rejuvenation of Mithi river, rejuvenation of Dahisar, Poisar and Walbhat rivers, upgradation of Deonar Abattoir, 12 bridges over railway, six new bridges, and upgradation of five hospitals will be undertaken.
Alternative design of coastal road project proposed to save Parsi Gate
The civic authority had also approached the Bombay Parsi Punchayet seeking its approval in removing the structure.
In an attempt to save the Parsi Gate structure from relocation, members of the Parsi community have proposed an alternative plan for the ongoing Coastal Road Project.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had earlier announced, to shift the hundred-year-old structure for constructing a tunnel on the outer edges of the Marine Drive precinct. The civic authority had also approached the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) seeking its approval in removing the structure.
Earlier this week, a group of concerned citizens met municipal commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal and proposed the alternate design. According to the new design, the proposed tunnel could be constructed in the middle of the road, this way it would also not affect the Parsi Gate structure.
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Dismayed Citizens, Despondent Fisherfolk Watch as Mumbaiâs Coastal Road Comes Up Rapidly
The entire project has been marked by opacity and lack of public consultation, say activists.
An artist s rendition of the construction of the Mumbai coastal road. Art: Parag Kashinath Tandel
Urban25/Jan/2021
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Serious debate is a crying need in a country where everyone talks but no one listens. More often than not, most decisions in India on public legislation and public works are taken behind closed doors, or not taken at all. And by people who have either vested interests or no interest.
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