HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The Nazim of the Taluka Municipal Administration (TMA) city Javed Jabbar on Tuesday presented a Rs344.27-million budget in the council with an allocation of Rs41.39 million for development.

Some new taxes have been proposed in the budget.

The total income of the TMA city is estimated at Rs344.27 million against expenditures of the same amount. The income estimate includes TMA’s octroi share of Rs220.94 million from the federal government transferred through the Sindh government.

Other sources of income included Rs18.17 million receipts, Rs5.26 million of fees, Rs14.46 million of rents and Rs1.14 million of miscellaneous. The capital side of income included Rs10.21 million in outstanding dues, Rs67.50 million of sales and profits, Rs6.6 million of miscellaneous capital income.

Out of the total expenditure the octroi share is utilised for salaries of employees, i.e. Rs220.94 million. Other miscellaneous expenditures are Rs60.43 million.

An amount of Rs9.25 million is allocated for on-going schemes while the ADP volume stood at Rs41.39, bringing the overall figure of development side to be spent in 2005-06 to Rs50.64 million.

The committed liabilities of TMA city are Rs2.26 million while the outstanding dues of the defunct Hyderabad Municipal Corporation are Rs10 million.

Revised estimates of 2004-05 were also presented before the house, indicating an income of Rs207.15 million against an expenditure of Rs203.83 million.

The Taluka nazim said that the leadership of his Haq Parast group wanted to solve issues of sanitation, roads, sewerage and electricity which were being faced by the people. He added that recovery of rents and other revenues had been improved in the current fiscal year.

He said that the present budget could not be presented before the outgoing council adding that the present administration of the TMA city had tried to bring some changes in development expenditures of the budget to provide a clean environment to the people of the taluka.

He said that a major amount had been earmarked for roads, electricity and drains so that the overall sanitation situation could be improved.

He said that Rs2.26 million would be diverted towards liabilities of the TMA city.

He said that there are non-development expenditures of Rs281.4 million.

He assured employees of the TMA city that allocations had been made for them.