Rs 700 cr for parks, memorials
Express news service Posted online: Friday , Feb 05, 2010 at 0324 hrs
Lucknow : Contrary to Chief Minister Mayawati's announcement in the
Assembly last week that there would be no financial allocation for
parks and memorials in this year's state Budget, Rs 700 crore has been
earmarked for memorials of Dr B R Ambedkar, Kanshiram and Ramabai
Ambedkar in the Budget presented by Finance Minister Lalji Verma on
Thursday.
The Budget, which has an outlay of Rs 1,53,199 crore, does not impose
any new taxes.
* A provision of Rs 456 crore has been made for essential works in Dr
Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal to provide long-term
stability to the structure under the "urban development" head of the
budgetary grants for the Housing Department.
* Under the same sub-head of the housing grants, a provision of Rs 224
crore has been made for the Manyawar Kanshiram Green (Eco) garden. A
provision of Rs 36 crore has been made for the development of Ramabai
Ambedkar Maidan and additional works.
* For other works at various memorials, a token provision of Re 1 each
has been made in the grant of the Housing Department. These memorials
are Manyawar Kanshiram Memorial at Jail road, the Ramabai Ambedkar
Maidan, Dr Bhim Rao Samajik Parivartan Sthal and the development and
beautification of the Smriti Upvan, earlier known as Kanshiramji
Smriti Upvan.
The Finance Minister also presented the second supplementary grants
for the current fiscal 2009-10, totaling Rs 3,132.56 crore. In these,
token provisions of Rs 1,000 has been made for various parks and
memorials.
Using this token provision as a cover, the government can provide
funds for parks and memorials by re-appropriation of grants within the
current fiscal year. The provision of Rs 1,000 has been made for Dr
Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal, for the corpus fund created for the
security and maintenance of the parks and memorials and for the
development and beautification of the Smriti Upvan.
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