KMC Administrator Laeeq Ahmed approves Rs25.982 billion budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. Photo courtesy KMC Twitter
KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation on Tuesday passed a tax-free budget of Rs25.982 billion for the next financial year 2021-22 with a surplus of Rs12 million and estimated expenditures of about Rs25.970bn.
In the absence of an elected set-up, KMC Administrator Laeeq Ahmed approved the budget using the powers of the City Council. No new tax has been imposed in the budget.
The administrator said that for the next financial year priority was given to those development schemes which were in the public interest.
No new tax imposed as KMC approves budget of Rs26 billion
June 30, 2021
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has approved a budget of Rs25,982.414 million for the next financial year with a surplus of Rs11.947 million, as the expenditures are
estimated at Rs25,970.467 million.
Karachi Administrator Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday approved the budget using the powers of the city council under the notification of the Sindh government. No new tax has been imposed. The administrator said that for the next financial year, priority was given to those development schemes which were in the interest of the public. “Non-development schemes are kept to a minimum; new and ongoing projects of roads, gardens, playgrounds and sports complexes have been added to improve the infrastructure of Karachi.”
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Haphazardly parked vehicles, as seen here near Sindh Secretariat, also add to traffic congestion. PPI
KARACHI: Taking notice of prolonged traffic jams in the city, Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar has asked the Sindh government to approach all stakeholders to chalk out a strategy to provide relief to motorists, it emerged on Wednesday.
The stakeholders’ help has been sought as traffic blockades mainly occur due to plying of heavy commercial vehicles from Jinnah Bridge to Karachi Port and Keamari Oil Terminals, which cause congestion on three main adjoining roads where recently people were stuck for three days continuously, according to official sources and documents reviewed by Dawn.
Sindh govt planning bailout package to strengthen KDA
Karachi
April 7, 2021
Sindhâs chief minister said on Tuesday that his provincial government had launched 20 mega projects worth Rs5.78 billion in Karachi, of which 10 worth Rs3.8 billion had been completed, while the remaining would be completed preferably by the end of the current financial year.
âI want to strengthen the Karachi Development Authority [KDA] by giving them a bailout package and a plan comprising more energy and resources,â said Syed Murad Ali Shah, who had chaired a meeting at the CM House to review the progress of the mega projects.
The chief executive said that he had launched projects worth Rs5.78 billion in the city to streamline vehicular traffic by constructing flyovers and underpasses, reconstructing dilapidated storm water drains and providing water to District West by laying new pipelines.