Cox's Bazar Municipality has announced a budget of Tk 598.86 crore for the fiscal year 2024-2025.
The budget was presented in the conference room of Cox's Bazar municipality on Wednesday. Municipal Mayor Mahabubur Rahman Chowdhury presided over the budget session while municipality’s Chief Executive Officer AKM Tariqul Alam presented the budget.
In the announced budget, the revenue income has been shown as Tk 41.32 crore and the revenue expenditure has been estimated at Tk 40.47 crore.
In the budget, the income in the development sector has been shown as a total of Tk 552.73 crore. Of the amount, the government grant is Tk 1.22 crore whilethe income from revenue is Tk 4 crore and the project sector grant is Tk 547.51 crore.
The development expenditure has been estimated at Tk 549.73 crore. Out of this, the government grant is Tk 1.22 crore while expenditure from revenue is Tk 4 crore and expenditure on the project sector is Tk 544.51 crore.
Income from water supply sector has been shown as Tk 80.65 lakh while the expenditure in this sector is Tk 91.85 lakh.
The capital income shown is Tk 2 crore while the capital expenditure has been estimated at Tk 1.32 crore
After presentation of the budget,Mayor Mahbubur Rahman Chowdhury said this budget has been announced keeping in mind the goal of developing Cox's Bazar Municipality as a planned eco-friendly and international standard tourist city.
General Secretary of Cox's Bazar Press Club Md Mujibur Rahman, Cox's Bazar Chamber President Abu Morshed Chowdhury and Cox's Bazar Hotel Motel Guest House President Abul Kasem Sikder, among others, spoke at the programme and reviewed the announced budget. Municipal councillors were present at this time.
