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Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Council, during its last wide assemblage gathering connected Saturday, passed a ₹11,460 crore Budget for its expanded region, for the fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27.
Members of the council, including corporators and legislators, raised respective important questions astir the ambiguous portions of the fund proposals, which went unanswered by Commissioner R.V. Karnan, who presented the budget, and Additional Commissioner (Revenue) Anurag Jayanti, who work the fund copy.
MIM legislator Mohammed Majid Hussain, and BJP corporator Sravan Vurapalli questioned however the fund would beryllium apportioned among 3 corporations aft trifurcation of GHMC. Mr. Hussain questioned the precise validity of the delimitation and merger, which had not been presented to the Standing Committee earlier it was presented to the council.
Mr. Hussain and Mr. Vurapalli some dismissed the GHMC’s assertion that spot taxation had not been raised for the past 20 years, and pointed retired that the taxation was re-calibrated truthful that adjacent mediocre radical ended up paying more.
Mr. Hussain called into question the superior expenditure planned for the year, ₹1,090 crore of which went into the flyover projects astir KBR Park, asking however the authorities planned to make infrastructure successful the remainder of the city.
Recalling the decease of 2 persons successful Afzal Sagar nala, helium sought to cognize however the authorities planned to make drains, and conception ft implicit bridges, rainwater harvesting pits successful the city, and proviso drinking h2o to the areas earlier represented by the 27 merged municipalities oregon corporations.
No interruption up was provided for the fund allocations to the ULBs, helium pointed and said 70% of the infrastructural improvement enactment is yet to beryllium taken up successful these regions. He and Mr.Vurapally, some sought existent figures of spot taxation and different details from the ULBs to beryllium tabled.
Mr. Hussain besides questioned the rationale down allocating ₹9,200 crore for 650 quadrate kilometres of the erstwhile GHMC area, and specified ₹2,260 crore for 1,400 quadrate kilometres of the recently merged area.
Mr. Vurapalli excessively questioned wherefore nary interruption up was being provided for the receipts and expenditure of the recently merged ULBs adjacent portion their fund is shown separately. Pointing retired that the salaries of the unit successful each the ULBs were being paid from the State government’s coffers, helium said GHMC excessively should question outgo of the salaries from the aforesaid source. He besides demanded a rise successful the salaries of outsourced workers.
He sought to cognize the information astir an alleged proposal, to delegate to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, the authorization implicit operation projects exceeding 10 floors successful tallness coming up successful the merged ULBs. If true, it is simply a precise objectionable proposal, and each paisa from GHMC country should beryllium to the city, helium said.
The GHMC is receiving a pittance arsenic rent from its estates, helium said, and stressed the request for reclaiming the properties and assigning them to the eligible poor. Mr. Vurapalli besides sought clarity astir drastic changes successful a fewer heads, compared to the erstwhile budget.
The Council besides paid tributes to BJP corporator from Champapet, Vanga Madhusudan Reddy, who passed distant recently.
