SIALKOT, July 1: Transporters observed a complete strike against imposition of various taxes by the Sialkot Tehsil Municipal administration and the cantonment board.
Commuters had to brave the hot and humid weather as none of the public transport vehicles was seen plying on any route.
Meanwhile, addressing a press conference transporters’ leaders Bao Ansari and Ghulam Mustafa said the strike would continue till the abolition of taxes.
There was no public transport on road till filing of this report late on Monday night.
TC BUDGET: The Sialkot tehsil council on Monday approved a surplus budget of Rs363.899 million for the fiscal year 2002-3.
The budget meeting was presided over by convener Mehmood Ali Warraich.
According to a press release, the annual expenditures of the council will be Rs349,810,000. A sum of Rs140,600,000 has been allocated for development schemes, while Rs209,210,000 for non-development and public welfare schemes.
Sialkot tehsil Nazim Muhammad Akmal Cheema said the TMA had completed 42 schemes by spending Rs12,846,903 during the last two months. It had started construction work of 106 new projects and their expenditures were estimated at Rs64,576,982, he said.
He said 15 water supply schemes in Sialkot city were also under completion with a cost of Rs11,461,780. Ten public welfare schemes would be completed under the KPP programme and Rs22,900,000 would be spent on them.
Meanwhile, the Daska tehsil council also approved its budget of Rs95,193,000 for the year 2002-3.
Presenting the budget, tehsil Nazim Ejaz Ahmad Cheema said total expenditures had been estimated at Rs89,892,714. He said an amount of Rs41,000,000 had been allocated for various development schemes while Rs33,000,000 would be spent on payment of staff’s salaries.
He said the Daska TMA would get an income of Rs7 million from property tax, Rs15 million from property transfer tax, Rs10 million from toll, Rs4.5 million from parking fee, Rs1.5 million from rent of TMA’s shops, Rs2 million from water tax and Rs12.1 million from octroi.