Maharajgunj municipality appropriates budget over Rs 1 billion

Kathmandu - Maharajgunj municipality of Kapilvastu district on Thursday appropriated its budget of Rs 1.07 billion for the fiscal year 2020/21. The seventh municipal assembly set forth budget of Rs 547.6 million towards capitalized and Rs 110 million towards recurrent category, informed Maharajgunj mayor Abdul Kalam.

He further shared that the municipality has allocated Rs 271.9 million towards conditional grant and Rs 150 million towards social security. Deputy mayor Shuvawati Kurmi added that the municipal assembly appropriated Rs 7.5 million each to all 11 wards of the municipality. She shared that the budget appropriations have been mainly made in the areas of physical infrastructure development, education, health, agriculture and livestock, among others.