KANCHANPUR: The Bhimduttanagar municipality in Kanchanpur of Sudurpaschim State has unveiled a budget of Rs 1.46 billion for the fiscal year 2020/21.
The assembly of the municipality endorsed the policies, programs and budget.
Mayor Surendra Bista informed that the program and budget focused on education, health, jobs and production considering the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Prior to this, Sudurpaschim SA member and former minister of state Prakash Rawal pledged to cooperate in the implementation of the local-level budget.
He also announced support for programs and plans to be approved by the local government.
He insisted that job creations for those migrant returnees from India in the aftermath of coronavirus pandemic should be the priority of the local government.
Another SA member Man Bahadur Sunar said the Bhimduttanagar municipality made a remarkable stride in terms of development in the past three years.
As he said, construction of a dry port in Dodhara Chandani, a four-lane bridge over the Mahakali River, and improvement of Mahakali Hospital were the priorities of the proposed budget.
The municipality’s budget for the upcoming budget has slightly surpassed the budget of current fiscal year which stood at Rs 1.30 billion.
Similarly, another SA member Lal Bahadur Khadka pledged to take demands of local levels into account in the budget.
Modernisation and commercialization of agriculture so as to cope with COVID-19 calamities were focused in the State government budget, he informed the gathering.
One cooperative one production, identification of poor, Yoga and sports program, one ward one production and promotion of households farming were the new programs in the SA budget, he added.
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