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DCC ups outlay to fight mosquito

Khoka needs more money to tackle menace

Staff Correspondent
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has enhanced budgetary allocation to Tk 17.50 crore in fiscal 2004-05 from Tk 12 crore in the previous fiscal to combat mosquito menace, especially Aedcs mosquito that causes the dreaded dengue fever.
DCC Mayor Sadequc Hossain Khoka yesterday announced a Tk 922.01 crore budget for 2004-05, of which 522.25 crore will come from government funds and foreign aid for projects.
The DCC needs at least Tk 50 crore a year for mosquito control andgovernmentassistanceisamust fortius,Khoka said.
The new budget earmarked a development expenditure of Tk 676.47 crore, about 73 percent of the total budget.
Khoka also presented a revised budget of Ik 641.08 crore for fiscal 2003-2004.The original budget for the year wasTk 762.96 crore.
The revised budget and the new budget were unanimously passed
earlier at a general meeting of ward commissioners on June 24, the mayorsaid.
The DCC has set a target of Tk 391.01 crore revenue earning in the current fiscal year against Tk 305.82 in last year. Its earning stood at Tk 238.21 crore last year.
The corporation estimates an earning of Tk 200 crore in taxes, Tk 30 crore in trade licence fees, Tk 20 crore from advertisements, Tk 20
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crore in road digging fees, Tk 25 crore in 'bazar salami, Tk 23 crore in market rent, Tk 1.50 crore in community centre rent, Tk 5 crore from bus terminals, Tk 11 crore from cattle markets and Tk 6 crore in rickshaw licence fees.
About holding tax, the mayor said without increasing the tax, the DCC is going to introduce self-assessment system this month to collect it in all the 90 wards.
The DCC has Tk 85.76 crore arrears of holding tax. Of the amount, Tk 14.03 crore is due from government, semi-government and autonomous organisations and Tk 71 crore from general taxpayers, he mentioned.
On waste management, Khoka said the corporation does not have
adequate manpower and funds for this. It has only 7,000 cleaners while 17,000 are needed and it spends Tk 60 crore in the sector.
"Dhaka will be a clean city if we can spend Tk 150 crore a year for waste management but it is quite impossible for DCC," the mayor said.
He hoped implementation of the proposed seven-kilometre-long Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover will begin this fiscal year.
The DCC has allocated Tk 1 crore to establish a cemetery for Buddhists to meet a longstanding demand of the community, the mayor said.
The budget presentation ceremony attended by DCC ward commissioners was held at Mahanagar Natya Mancha auditorium.