Staff Correspondent

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has announced Tk 5,594 crore budget of fiscal 2024-25.

The budget was approved unanimously at a meeting held at Nagar Bhaban Hall Room at Gulshan-2 in the capital on Sunday (July 7).

The revised budget of fiscal 2023-24 was also approved at the meeting.

It was stated at the meeting that the DNCC had realised record revenues of Tk 1,078 crore in 2023-24 fiscal, while its revenue earnings have increased by 76 per cent during the last four years.

At the beginning of the meeting, DNCC's chief executive officer (CEO) Mir Khairul Alam delivered introductory speech. Then DNCC's chief accounts officer Md Barkat Hayat placed the revised budget of the fiscal 2023-24 and budget of the fiscal 2024-25. At that time, the placed revised budget and new budget were unanimously approved at the meeting.

Speaking at the meeting, DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said, "There was a directive from the prime minister that the city corporations would have to stand on their own feet and the city corporations would have to raise their capability. According to that directive, we have started working to raise the capability of the DNCC. There is no alternative to revenue earnings to stand on own feet. We have been able to ensure increasing the revenue income steadily after taking over the charge."

Moderated by DNCC Secretary Mohammad Masud Alam Siddique, the meeting was attended by DNCC's chief engineer Brigadier General Md Moin Uddin, Chief Health Officer Brigadier General Imrul Kayes Chowdhury, Chief Waste Management Officer Captain Mohammad Fida Hasan, DNCC's all departments' heads, councilors and other officials.