GUJAR KHAN, Feb 20: Gujar Khan town council on Monday approved Rs17.9million budget for 2005-6 with 69.48 per cent earmarked for the development projects. The budget was approved in a special meeting of the town council convened by naib nazim Ch 0Abrar Rashid.

Presenting the budget for approval Ch Muhammad Azim, town nazim Gujar Khan, said that the opening balance of the budget was Rs443,776,02, expected income Rs131,574,103 and saving and pay and allowances were Rs2,000,000.

According to the town nazim the total expenditure was Rs167,267,783 and the closing balance of this budget was estimated at Rs10,683,922. Giving details of the development budget, he said that Rs123,628,209 would be spent on development including liabilities amounting to Rs13, 802,276 funds for women and the special seats were Rs10,000,000 and urban water supply scheme Gujar Khan (implementation and extension) would incur Rs15,000,000. The non-development funds in this budget would be Rs43,639,574 that is 23.95 per cent of the total budget, the nazim said.—Correspondent