Mathura, 2017.09.16 (Hindustan): In the 80th Board Meeting of Mathura-Vrindavan Development Authority, a budget of ₹233 crore was passed. Out of this, ₹156 crores had been passed in the previous meeting, while a further amount of ₹77.3 crore was added in this one. The meeting was held on Friday under the chairmanship of K. Ram Mohan Rao, the Agra commissioner.
Money from the passed budget will be spent on both ongoing development works of MVDA as well as new one that are to be started. Apart from the General Balance Sheet in the meeting, two maps were also submitted for acceptance. Of these, that of the petrol pump area was approved, whereas the other of the Vidyalaya has been held back. Apart from this, three or four other points regarding maintenance, etc., were approved.
Present at the meeting were MVDA Vice President Yashu Rustagi, Secretary/ADM Finance Ravindra Kumar and all junior and assistant engineers (JE, AE).
According to the previous year’s balance sheet, the annual income of MVDA was around ₹ 120 crore. Of this, ₹ 90 crore was spent on various projects. Thus, there was around ₹ 30 crore surplus.
The Commissioner expressed strong displeasure over illegal construction in the MVDA sector. He instructed VP Rustagi to show more activism in preventing illegal construction. All JE-AE should be strict on this matter and inform him of any actions taken.
He also demanded a report related to Green Areas and asked for all JE/AE to send reports including photographs. The Commissioner said that if any illegal construction is found anywhere in the MVDA jurisdiction, then the concerned JE/AEs would be held responsible.
After the meeting, the Commissioner went to the Municipal Corporation to get information about the different functions of the concerned department officials and various engineers. He said that they should keep records of everything they do. He stayed for about an hour dealing with office organization and so on.
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