South Corpn writes to UD minister for money now

The South Corporation has now written to city Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia for “immediate release’ of the Municipal Reform Fund by Delhi government.

Subhash Arya, Chairman of the Standing Committee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation said the city government has not released grants under various schemes to the corporation.

“After implementation of the Unit Area Method in 2004, the then city government had assured us to compensate the losses but it is still pending since 2005-06,” Arya said.
He added that the government was giving 5.5 per cent to municipal corporations under the ‘global share of taxes’ till 2007-08.

Share reduced
“The share was reduced to four per cent and the rest 1.5 per cent is kept under Municipal Reform Fund (MRF),” the Chairman said.

“Under the MRF Rs 60 crore was released against the demand of Rs 135 crore in 2012-13 and since 2013 no MRF has been released to the municipal corporation,” he said.

Arya said that the corporations are carrying out works in authorised colonies, unauthorised colonies and rural village areas and added that “no fund” has been released under these schemes.

He added that corporations have been carrying out schemes like multi-level parkings, roads, schools, community centre and road-over-bridges.

“But the city government failed to release funds in a timely manner leading to delay in projects,” he said.