Gautam Deb, the mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), on Monday tabled the annual budget of Rs 318.66 crore for the 2022-23 fiscal at the civic body with a deficit of Rs 4.7 crore.
“We want infrastructure development, improved civic services and transparency in administrative work. Keeping these issues in mind, this is the budget prepared for the next fiscal,” said the mayor.
Deb promised to address issues which include development of roads, a new building of the civic body, reduction of pollution and waste, better sewerage, beautification of the embankments of the Mahananda river and rivulets Fuleswari and Jorapani, renovation of parks and more sports infrastructure.