The New Delhi Municipal Council’s budget for 2023u201324 includes a number of significant initiatives and suggestions, including the creation of a waste to wonder park for the G20 summit with a display of national animals from participating nations, beautification and illumination of roads and flyovers, sculptures themed around art to heart, and the planting of exotic flowers.
The Lutyens’ zones and wealthy areas of New Delhi fall under the purview of the NDMC, which presented a budget with a surplus of Rs 224.98 crore for the current fiscal year 2022u201323 and Rs 583.29 crore for the following fiscal year, as opposed to the Rs 178.95 crore surplus projected in its estimates for 2022u201323.
u201cThe coming financial year is going to be special with the presidency of G20 in India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. The NDMC is taking up a comprehensive beautification of flyovers and roundabouts dotted with sculptures by eminent artists, reflecting our art consciousness,u201d said the chairman. In addition to the G20 park, the NDMC suggested holding a food festival with dishes from all of the participating nations.
u201cThe park will display national animals of all participating countries based on a waste-to-wonder theme. We are committed to working hand in hand with other municipal bodies of Delhi and the state and central governments. This budget will reflect our resolve to ensure ease of living for our citizens, adopt u2018lifestyle for environmentu2019 (LiFE), ensure the cleanliness of the city and encourage citizens to partake in the events,u201d said the NDMC official.
The NDMC will focus on digitisation, e-governance and connecting CCTVs on Kartavya Path with the integrated command and control centre (ICCC), and it has also proposed a 360-degree cyber security audit of its network as well as applications ahead of the summit.Officials said the NDMC is taking steps to implement accrual-based budgeting, a first in the country.
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