Nagpur: “District Planning Committee (DPC) is seeking additional outlay of Rs 200 crore from State Government to carry out infrastructure works in city and district. Last year, the State had given Rs 650 crore. The entire sum will be fully utilised by on various ongoing works by March end,” said State’s Finance Minister and Guardian Minister of Nagpur District Chandrashekhar Bawankule.
He was speaking at a review meeting at Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Hall on Monday. “For the next year, however, the DPC has approved development proposals worth Rs 420 crore only,” he informed the meeting.
The Guardian Minister has proposed several new works including that of interlinking of nullahs in the district. Public representatives from Nagpur city, present in the meeting, wanted extra allocation to start development projects in their respective areas. With several new works proposed, including in tourism and other sectors, the DPC has decided to seek higher allocation from the State Government.
State’s Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar will chair the meeting of DPC in city on January 19 and will go through the demands seeking extra funds for the year 2019-20.
Bawankule said that Nagpur DPC is only second in utilisation per centage of its allocation and first to complete total usage of funds meant for Adivasis. From point of view of DPC, Bawankule said that State Government has accepted its demand to take care of salaries under Adivasi head. So nearly Rs 14 crore of funds would now be utilised for development as State will bear salary expenditure of employees.
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