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BMC Budget 2018: Municipal to spend Rs 2569 cr on education, Rs 180 cr on fire safety

The BMC on Fridany announced its budget for the year 2018-19 of Rs 27,258 crore which is an increase of 8.4% from last year’s figure of Rs 25,151 crores.

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The BMC on Fridany announced its budget for the year 2018-19 of Rs 27,258 crore which is an increase of 8.4% from last year’s figure of Rs 25,151 crores.

The civic body has given push to big-ticket projects like the Mumbai Coastal Road and Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR). The BMC as allocated Rs 100 crore to Rs 1500 crore for the Coastal road and Rs 100 crore for the GMLR project.

The BMC has also allocated Rs 9527.8 crore for capital expenditure that will be used for development projects for city infrastructure. Last year’s capital expenditure budget was Rs 8121.58 crore.

The BMC will receive aid as GST reimbursement from the Centre and state to the tune of Rs 8401 crore, Municipal Commissioner Ajay Mehta announced.

The municipal body has allocated an amount of Rs 2569.35 crore for education in 2017-18, an increase of Rs 257 crore from the last fiscal.

Focussing on fire-safety after a spate of incidents across the city, the BMC has allocated RS 151 crore to the fire brigade and Rs 28 crore for machinery, a total nearing Rs 180 crore.

For fire safety and compliance, 70 posts of station officers, 25 posts for firemen will be created additionally. 28 new jeeps will also be purchased. Overall, the budget has also been increased for the Fire Safety and Compliance Cell in Mumbai.

The BMC has announced a sum of 61 crore for providing medicines and equipment in civic-run hospitals in the suburbs. Civic chief Ajoy Mehta said that the objective of this is to reduce the burden on major hospitals.

The Mumbai civic body has announced a provision of Rs 28 crore for installing LED lights across the city.

 

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