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PMC Tables Rs 13,995-Crore Draft Budget Prioritising Water and Urban Mobility

The standing committee now reviews an outlay that ties higher spending to a proposed 5% property‑tax increase to narrow a revenue gap.

Overview

  • The draft allocates Rs 2,077 crore to water, Rs 1,866 crore to roads, Rs 1,390 crore to solid waste, Rs 1,216 crore to sewerage and Rs 740 crore to transport planning.
  • Water plans target leakage control, pipeline replacement, meter upgrades, lake revival and reuse of treated wastewater, with phased DPRs for newly merged villages.
  • Urban mobility measures include adding about 65 km of new roads, improving 32 junctions, dedicating Rs 85 crore for footpaths and piloting pay‑and‑park on five roads.
  • Project timelines cite three bridges to finish before the monsoon and three flyovers within two years, plus parking near about 30 metro stations and consideration of two city tunnels.
  • For the 34 merged villages, PMC earmarks Rs 350 crore for water pipelines, Rs 750 crore for sewerage and Rs 110 crore for roads, alongside Rs 400 crore for land acquisition, while revenue steps include identifying unassessed properties and higher building fees as the city confronts a roughly Rs 4,000‑crore current‑year deficit; health services get Rs 881.74 crore with Kamala Nehru Hospital modernisation.