Thane civic body presents Rs 5,645 cr budget; no mention of Dighe memorial, says Sena (UBT) leader

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..... Thane civic body presents Rs 5,645 cr budget; no mention of Dighe memorial, says Sena (UBT) leader
Budget
Dated:- 7-3-2025
PTI
Thane, March 7 (PTI) The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Friday presented a Rs 5,645 crore budget for the financial year 2025-26, with a focus on urban development, citizen welfare, and financial stability. The budget was presented to Municipal Commission .....

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..... er Saurabh Rao, who is also the administrator as the five-year term of the corporators has already ended. It is about 12.9 per cent higher than that of last year when the outlay stood at Rs 5,000 crore. Rao said the budget would not introduce new taxes or tax hikes and instead focus on increasing revenue through better tax compliance. To boost revenue collection, Rao emphasized bringing unregiste .....

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..... red or under-taxed properties into the tax net. The civic body expects to garner Rs 841.58 crore from property and other taxes, Rs 650.8 crore from development charges and Rs 1,441.79 crore through GST and other grants. It has allocated Rs 80 crore under the AMRUT 2.0 scheme for urban renewal, Rs 132 crore for the Rajiv Gandhi Medical College building and staff quarters and Rs 3 crore for Anand .....

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..... Ashram area development, a place associated with late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe. The civic body has also set aside Rs 285 crore to augment public transport in the city, neighbouring Mumbai, through its bus service and funds to manage solid waste and make municipal schools better. The TMC’s budget for 2025-26 focuses on financial prudence, infrastructure enhancement, and citizen welfare, said .....

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..... Rao. With a surplus of Rs 66 lakh, the corporation aims to make Thane a ‘Swayampurna’ (self-sufficient) and ‘Atma Nirbhar’ (self-reliant) city within the next 4-5 years, he added. Meanwhile, Kedar Dighe, chief of the Thane unit of Shiv Sena (UBT) said the budget had no allocation for Anand Dighe's memorial. He accused the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena of using Dighe's name just for political gains .....

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..... . The TMC must construct a grand and divine memorial for Anand Dighe, he added. PTI COR NR BNM
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