{"id":10650,"date":"2025-04-23T09:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=10650"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:07:39","slug":"mayor-tables-amc-budget-with-72-lakh-deficit-seeks-public-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/mayor-tables-amc-budget-with-72-lakh-deficit-seeks-public-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Tables AMC Budget with \u20b972.02 Lakh Deficit, Seeks Public Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agartala, April 23: <\/strong>Presenting a vision for the city\u2019s development, Mayor Dipak Majumdar on Wednesday tabled the Agartala Municipal Corporation\u2019s budget for the financial year 2025\u201326, highlighting a total projected revenue and capital income of \u20b9475.83 crore and an approved expenditure of \u20b9476.55 crore, leaving a budget deficit of \u20b972.02 lakh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget was presented at the Corporation\u2019s conference hall, with the Mayor seeking active participation and cooperation from citizens to fulfill the vision of a better Agartala. For the financial year 2024\u201325, the total revenue and capital income had been pegged at \u20b9415.97 crore while the approved expenditure stood at \u20b9416.74 crore, resulting in a deficit of \u20b976.75 lakh. Compared to the previous year, the proposed income and expenditure have increased by \u20b959.86 crore and \u20b959.81 crore respectively. The rise in spending has been attributed to several new development projects undertaken for the upcoming fiscal year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The anticipated deficit of \u20b972.02 lakh is expected to be bridged through the Corporation\u2019s own revenue sources and government aid. This year\u2019s budget could be made possible due to increased revenue and non-revenue earnings of the Corporation, as well as grants from the 15th Finance Commission, the state government\u2019s share of taxes, and funding under various schemes including TULM, SBM, PMAY-Urban, Special Fund, Smart City Mission, MYS, and NULM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expenditures outlined in the budget include salaries and wages for employees and laborers, fuel, institutional and service-related expenses, and several capital expenditures for infrastructure development across municipal areas. The Mayor also cited various works completed in previous years as proof of AMC\u2019s effective functioning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include creation of waterbodies, construction of new roads, culverts, drains, public toilets, parks, crematoriums, and municipal markets. High-capacity street lighting has been installed at key locations across the city for enhancing public safety. For 2025\u201326, the Corporation is focusing on several ambitious projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among them, three new flood pump houses will be constructed at Shakuntala Road, Ramnagar 4, and Satsang Ashram areas at a cost of \u20b928 crore, while an additional \u20b94 crore will be used to install new flood pumps and drainage pipelines. An ultra-modern slaughterhouse will be constructed at Durga Chowmuhani market at a cost of \u20b956 lakh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In extended municipal areas, \u20b95 crore will be spent on new electric lines, roads, and drains. Another \u20b95 crore has been allocated for constructing new ward offices. An allocation of \u20b93.3 crore will be used for installing electric furnaces at three crematoriums in the city. Additionally, \u20b917 crore has been earmarked for beautification and reconstruction of five major waterbodies Shiv Bari, Rishi Colony in Pratapgarh, Abhoynagar Market, Abhoynagar Veterinary Hospital, and Radhanagar Pukur. Apart from Tripura Jal Board\u2019s initiatives, AMC has proposed \u20b911 crore to improve the city\u2019s drinking water supply. To intensify mosquito control efforts, a fivefold increase in budget has been proposed for purchasing fogging machines and insecticides. In a significant healthcare move, AMC plans to establish a 50-bed \u201cAgartala Civil Hospital\u201d on its own land near the Junction Gate area at an estimated cost of \u20b910 crore. Of this, \u20b95 crore will go toward construction and the remaining \u20b95 crore will be spent on procuring medical equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed hospital will offer 24×7 OPD services and ensure supply of necessary medicines to patients. The budget also includes a new initiative \u201cBharat Mata Canteen cum Night Shelter\u201d which will provide overnight shelter and subsidized meals to the urban poor. \u20b92 crore has been allocated for the project, and land has already been identified for its implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state government has also approved construction of permanent market buildings in GB Bazar, Battala, Akhaura Gol Chakkar, and Lake Chowmuhani areas. Looking to the future, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured financial assistance of \u20b91,200 crore to AMC for widespread infrastructure development, including roads, lanes, drains, and culverts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On urban housing, the Mayor informed that Tripura Building Rules, 2017 remain in effect for house construction in AMC areas. While applicants previously had to apply online manually, a new Auto-DCR system has now been implemented, and all engineers have been given necessary training to operate under this system. Mayor Majumdar concluded the budget presentation by calling upon citizens to actively participate and cooperate in realizing Agartala\u2019s growth and transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agartala, April 23: Presenting a vision for the city\u2019s development, Mayor Dipak Majumdar on Wednesday tabled the Agartala Municipal Corporation\u2019s budget for the financial year 2025\u201326, highlighting a total projected revenue and capital income of \u20b9475.83 crore and an approved expenditure of \u20b9476.55 crore, leaving a budget deficit of \u20b972.02 lakh. The budget was presented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":10649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[367,63],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-10650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tripura","8":"tag-amc","9":"tag-tripura"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10651,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10650\/revisions\/10651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10650"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}