East civic body’s budget focuses on women’s security, health, education
13 Feb 2013 6:23 AM IST
Strengthening women’s security and unveiling of health and education schemes dominated the first budget of East Delhi Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, even as the leader of the house warned government bodies that their bank accounts would be sealed if they fail to pay their dues.
‘Several government and semi-government bodies like Delhi Jal Board, DDA, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Yamuna Power, among others, are yet to pay up crores of rupees. We have decided to take strict action against them in the future by sealing their bank accounts,’ leader of the house B B Tyagi declared while presenting the budget.
Hoping that this measure would increase the corporation’s revenue, he admitted that the civic body had succeeded in collecting tax from just one-third of the properties under its ambit. ‘We will collect tax from all properties to increase our income,’ he added.
The East Corporation, which was formed last year following trifurcation of MCD, has set aside a sum of Rs 1.22 crore for providing Akaash tablets to municipal students of classes IV and V. Besides, Rs 1 crore will be spent on the installation of CCTVs in these schools.
‘CCTVs are very important when it comes to ensuring security in schools,’ Tyagi said and added that Rs 10 crore has been earmarked for providing modern furniture in the schools.
‘In order to make girl students feel secure, we have decided to hire former women officers from paramilitary forces for self defence classes. Rs 1 crore has been set aside for this task in the current financial year,’ he said.
‘Under the smart kids project, one computer lab is being established in every school. We will also invite private players to adopt certain schools and improve their infrastructure,’ he added.
Tyagi also outlined plans in the health sector to bring about a public-private partnership to improve health services in the area. ‘We will engage in PPP with prominent hospitals like Max and Fortis so that residents of the area can benefit from these,’ he said.
While talking about working women, Tyagi told the house that two working women’s hostels will be constructed in east Delhi for which Rs 10 crore each has been provided.
‘It is very difficult to find a convenient and safe place to stay for women coming from outside Delhi. This makes the need for such hostels acute,’ he said.
2 LADIES’ HOSTELS PLANNED
East Delhi has planned two hostels for working women in its area to provide better and safe accommodation for women who come to the city in search of jobs. The project was announced by B B Tyagi, leader of the house in East MCD while presenting the final budget of the corporation for 2013-14. ‘The women from across the county come in the city in search of better job opportunities but the first problem they face is – safe and affordable accommodation. The working women hostels are aimed to provide safe and secure accommodation to working women,’ said B B Tyagi, In the budget the corporation has allocated Rs 20 crore to construct two working women hostels each in Vivek Vihar and Chilla. In another women friendly scheme, Tyagi made it compulsory to pay the monetary assistance for marriage of daughters of widow and orphan girls within 20 days of the receipt of the application. ‘We don’t want poor people to run from one office to another for the monetary assistance. It has been included in service level agreement and officers responsible for delay would be fined every day,’ added Tyagi. The money assistance in the scheme has also been increased from Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 in which over 700 applicants would be benefited. The corporation has also planned to construct a multi-level parking cum commercial complex in Krishna Nagar, Babarpur, Apsara Border and Shahadara Mandi.
‘Several government and semi-government bodies like Delhi Jal Board, DDA, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Yamuna Power, among others, are yet to pay up crores of rupees. We have decided to take strict action against them in the future by sealing their bank accounts,’ leader of the house B B Tyagi declared while presenting the budget.
Hoping that this measure would increase the corporation’s revenue, he admitted that the civic body had succeeded in collecting tax from just one-third of the properties under its ambit. ‘We will collect tax from all properties to increase our income,’ he added.
The East Corporation, which was formed last year following trifurcation of MCD, has set aside a sum of Rs 1.22 crore for providing Akaash tablets to municipal students of classes IV and V. Besides, Rs 1 crore will be spent on the installation of CCTVs in these schools.
‘CCTVs are very important when it comes to ensuring security in schools,’ Tyagi said and added that Rs 10 crore has been earmarked for providing modern furniture in the schools.
‘In order to make girl students feel secure, we have decided to hire former women officers from paramilitary forces for self defence classes. Rs 1 crore has been set aside for this task in the current financial year,’ he said.
‘Under the smart kids project, one computer lab is being established in every school. We will also invite private players to adopt certain schools and improve their infrastructure,’ he added.
Tyagi also outlined plans in the health sector to bring about a public-private partnership to improve health services in the area. ‘We will engage in PPP with prominent hospitals like Max and Fortis so that residents of the area can benefit from these,’ he said.
While talking about working women, Tyagi told the house that two working women’s hostels will be constructed in east Delhi for which Rs 10 crore each has been provided.
‘It is very difficult to find a convenient and safe place to stay for women coming from outside Delhi. This makes the need for such hostels acute,’ he said.
2 LADIES’ HOSTELS PLANNED
East Delhi has planned two hostels for working women in its area to provide better and safe accommodation for women who come to the city in search of jobs. The project was announced by B B Tyagi, leader of the house in East MCD while presenting the final budget of the corporation for 2013-14. ‘The women from across the county come in the city in search of better job opportunities but the first problem they face is – safe and affordable accommodation. The working women hostels are aimed to provide safe and secure accommodation to working women,’ said B B Tyagi, In the budget the corporation has allocated Rs 20 crore to construct two working women hostels each in Vivek Vihar and Chilla. In another women friendly scheme, Tyagi made it compulsory to pay the monetary assistance for marriage of daughters of widow and orphan girls within 20 days of the receipt of the application. ‘We don’t want poor people to run from one office to another for the monetary assistance. It has been included in service level agreement and officers responsible for delay would be fined every day,’ added Tyagi. The money assistance in the scheme has also been increased from Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 in which over 700 applicants would be benefited. The corporation has also planned to construct a multi-level parking cum commercial complex in Krishna Nagar, Babarpur, Apsara Border and Shahadara Mandi.
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