With a surplus amount of Rs 27 crore, the NDMC projected a total receipt of Rs 3,153.2 crore as against the estimated expenditure of Rs 3,126.22 crore. The budget also spelled relief for property owners in the area, as no hike has been announced for the next fiscal year.
NDMC chairman Jalaj Shrivastava talked about the various initiatives taken to bring Delhi at par with other smart cities across the world. “Basic premise of a smart city is infrastructure network and to make delivery of services for the common man speedier and more effective. A smart city cannot have only a few hours of water supply a day or power outages or have its streets and public places littered with garbage,” he said.
Among the major initiatives announced in the budget is the replacement of 18,500 streetlight poles with LED lights fitted with CCTV cameras and establishment of wi-fi access points. Also, a chain of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants are to be set up in various NDMC areas and the Solar City project would also be taken up.
The civic body has allocated Rs 150.37 crore for education services, including the setting up of technology-enabled classrooms in five NDMC schools, a state-of-the-art technical institute for boys for job-oriented skill development on the lines of ITIs and establishment of library-cum-reading rooms in four areas, of which, two will be for boys and the remaining for girls.
“The Council generates around 94 per cent of its receipts through its own internal resources, which mainly include fee and user charges, licence fees from municipal properties, property, electricity taxes and interest returns,” Srivastava said. No increase in property tax rates has been announced.
As part of its Urja project aimed at empowering women, it also announced that a Shakti cab service would be launched to cater to female passengers. “As a pilot project, women commercial drivers/pass outs of NDMC’s Women’s Technical Institute (WTI) would be plying these cabs with the provision for security guards in night shifts apart from GPS,” said the NDMC chairman.
Highlights
Smart Poles: Using/replacing existing 18,500 Street Light Poles to LED and mounting CCTV cameras to enable multiple next-generation digital services based on wi-fi/2G/3G/4G within the NDMC area, without any extra expenditure on part of the NDMC – based on a revenue-sharing model
Solar City Project: Plan for generation of 4MW of solar power
Waste-to-Energy Plants: Establishing a chain of waste to energy plants of small sizes in various localities of the NDMC, based on different available technologies resulting in 100% recycling of waste in eco-friendly manner for maximising power/gas output
Urja Project: Transforming women from being the ones protected to protectors” and challenging and countering prevailing gender stereotypes
Football Academy: At Shera Maidan behind N P Sr Sec School, Mandir Marg, with 3G artificial grass on ‘design, develop, operate and manage’ basis
NDMC chairman Jalaj Shrivastava talked about the various initiatives taken to bring Delhi at par with other smart cities across the world. “Basic premise of a smart city is infrastructure network and to make delivery of services for the common man speedier and more effective. A smart city cannot have only a few hours of water supply a day or power outages or have its streets and public places littered with garbage,” he said.
Among the major initiatives announced in the budget is the replacement of 18,500 streetlight poles with LED lights fitted with CCTV cameras and establishment of wi-fi access points. Also, a chain of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants are to be set up in various NDMC areas and the Solar City project would also be taken up.
The civic body has allocated Rs 150.37 crore for education services, including the setting up of technology-enabled classrooms in five NDMC schools, a state-of-the-art technical institute for boys for job-oriented skill development on the lines of ITIs and establishment of library-cum-reading rooms in four areas, of which, two will be for boys and the remaining for girls.
“The Council generates around 94 per cent of its receipts through its own internal resources, which mainly include fee and user charges, licence fees from municipal properties, property, electricity taxes and interest returns,” Srivastava said. No increase in property tax rates has been announced.
As part of its Urja project aimed at empowering women, it also announced that a Shakti cab service would be launched to cater to female passengers. “As a pilot project, women commercial drivers/pass outs of NDMC’s Women’s Technical Institute (WTI) would be plying these cabs with the provision for security guards in night shifts apart from GPS,” said the NDMC chairman.
Highlights
Smart Poles: Using/replacing existing 18,500 Street Light Poles to LED and mounting CCTV cameras to enable multiple next-generation digital services based on wi-fi/2G/3G/4G within the NDMC area, without any extra expenditure on part of the NDMC – based on a revenue-sharing model
Solar City Project: Plan for generation of 4MW of solar power
Waste-to-Energy Plants: Establishing a chain of waste to energy plants of small sizes in various localities of the NDMC, based on different available technologies resulting in 100% recycling of waste in eco-friendly manner for maximising power/gas output
Urja Project: Transforming women from being the ones protected to protectors” and challenging and countering prevailing gender stereotypes
Football Academy: At Shera Maidan behind N P Sr Sec School, Mandir Marg, with 3G artificial grass on ‘design, develop, operate and manage’ basis