MCC announced budget 2018-19 on Monday

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation Council Budget 2018-19 was presented on Monday.

The budget proposals read out by Prathiba Kulai, Standing Committee chairperson contained mostly to allocation to routine annual activities and the projects which were already announced by the corporation.

The projects announced included setting up modern markets at Surathkal, Kadri and Kankanady and replacing the old tubelights on the city streets with LED lights, maintenance of parks, toilets, roads, Town Hall, and buildings

Opposition councillors Sudhir Shetty Kannur, Premananda Shetty, Roopa D. Bangera and the former Mayor from the ruling party Mahabala Marla questioned the Mayor Kavita Sanil and Kulai on the wrong mathematical calculations mentioned in the budget document given to the councillors and read out by the latter.

Marla wondered how the corporation officials and the council as a whole could take such mistakes in the budget copy for granted.