The Hindu 04.04.2017
Mayor promises effective implementation of plans
Hubballi-Dharwad Mayor D.K. Chavan making his maiden speech at the municipal council meeting in Hubballi on Monday.KIRAN_BAKALE
Making HDMC financially stronger is priority: D.K. Chavan
Making his maiden speech at the monthly meeting of the Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Council here on Monday, newly elected Mayor D.K. Chavan said that his focus would be on implementing plans and schemes announced in the budget for 2017-18 before his tenure ended.
Reading out his speech, Mr. Chavan said that his priority would be to make the municipal corporation financially stronger by exploiting the available revenue sources and bringing in industrial estates and residential localities under the property tax net.
Additional revenue
Additional revenue would help in expediting development programmes and also in initiating development in the villages that had been brought under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation, he said.
Mr. Chavan said that programmes would be launched to create awareness on reducing air pollution in the twin cities, banning on plastic carry bags, effective management of solid waste as the twin cities had a long way to go in terms of becoming a Smart City.
Commercial complexes
The Mayor said that the two old commercial complexes of the corporation — one at Broadway and the other at Hosur — had become unfit for occupation and they would be demolished and a new spacious commercial complexes would be built.
The Mayor also promised that his focus would be on getting underpasses built at major junctions and taking up city beautification projects, including development of parks.
