East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has shown a way to minimise power consumption and exchequers’ expenditure on electricity bills. The corporation has decided to replace street lights with solar panels in a phased manner and Rs 200 lakh have been allocated for 2014-15.
‘We want to use maximum number of solar panels for street lighting to minimise power consumption and save money, which is going to private power distribution companies,’ said Sanjay Surjan, chairman of standing committee in East DMC while finalising the budget for the 2014-15 financial year.
The standing committee has doubled allocation for the solar power project proposed by the municipal commissioner. In addition to the street lights, the corporation has also allocated Rs 50 lakh to install solar panels in the primary schools run by the municipal corporation. ‘Till the solar panels are installed, we will use CFL instead of bulbs to reduce power consumption,’ added Surjan.
The corporation has also decided to open zero balance account for primary students for online transfer of scholarships. ‘We will also award meritorious students at primary level. Every student achieving A grade in school-level examination will be awarded. We have allocated Rs 50 lakh for this project,’ he added. Besides, the corporation has also allocated Rs 15 lakh to provide toilets in the schools and Rs 1 crore for sports activities. Each student will also be provided free accidental health facility for which Rs 50 lakh have been allocated.
‘We will install CCTV cameras in the all the schools to ensure security of students and Rs 2 crore have been allocated for the project,’ he added. The corporation has increased the grant in aid for the marriage of widow women’s daughter from the current Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000.
Over Rs 300 crore property tax due to EDMC from govt bodies
New Delhi: Property tax worth over Rs 300 crore is due from various government entities to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, which has asked its department to come hard on defaulters, a senior official of the civic body said today.
‘Property tax worth Rs 309 crore is due from various government entities from the last financial year to the EDMC. While collection of taxes from private properties have been decent, the government properties are major defaulters,’ EDMC public relations officer said.
The list of defaulters include — Delhi Transco Limited, Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Police, Post Office, Department of Social Welfare Sanskar Ashram, Department of Women and Child Development, among others.
‘We want to use maximum number of solar panels for street lighting to minimise power consumption and save money, which is going to private power distribution companies,’ said Sanjay Surjan, chairman of standing committee in East DMC while finalising the budget for the 2014-15 financial year.
The standing committee has doubled allocation for the solar power project proposed by the municipal commissioner. In addition to the street lights, the corporation has also allocated Rs 50 lakh to install solar panels in the primary schools run by the municipal corporation. ‘Till the solar panels are installed, we will use CFL instead of bulbs to reduce power consumption,’ added Surjan.
The corporation has also decided to open zero balance account for primary students for online transfer of scholarships. ‘We will also award meritorious students at primary level. Every student achieving A grade in school-level examination will be awarded. We have allocated Rs 50 lakh for this project,’ he added. Besides, the corporation has also allocated Rs 15 lakh to provide toilets in the schools and Rs 1 crore for sports activities. Each student will also be provided free accidental health facility for which Rs 50 lakh have been allocated.
‘We will install CCTV cameras in the all the schools to ensure security of students and Rs 2 crore have been allocated for the project,’ he added. The corporation has increased the grant in aid for the marriage of widow women’s daughter from the current Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000.
Over Rs 300 crore property tax due to EDMC from govt bodies
New Delhi: Property tax worth over Rs 300 crore is due from various government entities to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, which has asked its department to come hard on defaulters, a senior official of the civic body said today.
‘Property tax worth Rs 309 crore is due from various government entities from the last financial year to the EDMC. While collection of taxes from private properties have been decent, the government properties are major defaulters,’ EDMC public relations officer said.
The list of defaulters include — Delhi Transco Limited, Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Police, Post Office, Department of Social Welfare Sanskar Ashram, Department of Women and Child Development, among others.