The local Municipal Corporation today heaved a sigh of relief as it got the remaining Rs100-crore grant-in-aid of the current fiscal from the UT Administration. This will enable it to pay salaries and meet monthly expenditure.
Each month, the corporation spends about Rs45 crore on these two counts. The civic body was desperately waiting for the grant as it was not left with enough funds to meet its expenses for the next three months. With this amount, the corporation has got its total Rs425 crore grant-in-aid for this fiscal.
However, the MC has so far not got Rs30 crore for the development of 13 UT villages. An amount of Rs102 crore was promised to new Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma by the UT Administrator last week. The corporation has been promised Rs30 crore in this fiscal and the remaining Rs60 crore in the next fiscal.
