The District Council on Friday approved a tax-free surplus budget of Rs 3,041 million for 2007-08. Winding up two-day general discussion on the budget, District Nazim Sardar Saleem Jan Mazari informed the house that the district government had received an interim award of Rs 3,042 million for the upcoming fiscal year from the provincial government.
He said during the last two years, he had utilised the funds of about Rs 7 billion on uplift projects without any discrimination. He said the district administration had transferred Rs 80 million to provide missing facilities in government schools of the district.
As for the development, he said new fruit and vegetable markets were being built in the town at a cost of Rs 50 million while Rs 75.2 million would be utilised on the construction of 138-kilometre roads. Budgetary allocation for road network had been doubled, he said.
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