No financial discussion in MCC pre-budget meeting
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) held a pre-budget meeting this morning at its Old Council Hall, inviting opinions from former Mayors, Corporators, Associations, voluntary organisations and other stakeholders.
However, the meeting, chaired by MCC Commissioner Ashaad-Ur-Rahman Shariff, veered off course and turned into a platform for airing routine civic grievances, with little focus on budget-related discussions.
Participants raised issues such as poor roads, drainage systems and water supply, overshadowing crucial topics like tax collections, available money, last year’s budget performance and future financial strategies. The meeting concluded without decisions on the financial framework or plans for the upcoming budget.
Participants raised issues such as poor roads, drainage systems and water supply, overshadowing crucial topics like tax collections, available money, last year’s budget performance and future financial strategies. The meeting concluded without decisions on the financial framework or plans for the upcoming budget.
Despite a few remarks on streamlining tax collection and introducing e-Khata for revenue layouts, there was no substantial discussion on future plans or last year’s financial performance.
Former Mayor Ayub Khan criticised the meeting as a waste of time and resources, stating, “MCC has no clarity on tax collection targets, project allocations or actual expenditures. If there’s no money, what’s the point of such a meeting?”
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