Delhi govt has released Rs 745.98 crore of combined MCD budget: Official

Delhi government has till today released Rs 745.98 crore of the combined budget estimate of the three municipal corporations in the city for the year 2016-17, a senior government official said.

The government has released Rs 404.02 crore to New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), Rs 171.13 crore to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and Rs 170.83 crore to East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), the official said.

The three municipal corporations have a combined budget estimate of Rs 3,292.71 crore for the current financial year.

The budget estimates, including plan and non plan heads, are Rs 1379.73 crore for NDMC, Rs 1212.74 crore for SDMC and Rs 700.44 crore for EDMC.

Global share has been released without any recovery of loan or interest during 2015-16 and 2016-17, to the NDMC and EDMC, while proposal for SDMC is under process, he said.

The first instalment of 25% of budget estimate of grant-in-aid has also been released to all the three corporations, he said.

The request for release of first instalment of grant-in-aid to EDMC is under process but request for loan has not been received from the civic body, the officer said.

Meanwhile, sanitation workers and other municipal corporation employees under the banner of Swatantra Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukt Morcha today staged a demonstration for their demands, including payment of salary and arrears payment, at the Delhi Secretariat.

"Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and commissioners of NDMC and EDMC attended the meeting and informed about release of funds to the civic bodies. Kejriwal has also promised for payment of pending Diwali bonus," president of the Morcha Sanjay Gehlot said.