DSCC declares Tk 67.52b budget for FY '24
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has announced a budget of Tk 67.52 billion for fiscal year of 2023-24, reports BSS.
DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh announced the budget at Mayor Hanif Auditorium at Nagar Bhaban. The DSCC also approved revised budget Tk 9.98 billion for the financial year 2022-23.
The revenue income in the new budget from own source is Tk 13.97 billion, Tk 1.03 billion will come from other sectors and Tk 45.24 billion will come from government and foreign sources.
The mayor said that spreading of mosquitoes, especially Aedes mosquitoes, is one of the obstacles in the city dwellers, adding, "Therefore, after assuming the office, we have brought radical changes in mosquito control activities and management."
During the press briefing DSCC chief executive officer Mizanur Rahman, ward councillors and officials concerned of the corporation were present.
Beginning of the press conference Mayor Taposh paid his cordial tribute to the memory of the greatest Bangali of all time Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 3.0 million brave martyrs for their supreme sacrifices during the War of Liberation and 0.2 million mothers and sisters who were disgraced.
Taposh also paid deep respect to all the brave martyrs including Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib, Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, Sheikh Russel, his father Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, his mother Samsunnesa Arju Moni, who were martyred in the dark night of August 15, 1975.