The budget has a revenue earning target of Tk 432 crore while the revenue earning of the previous fiscal was Tk 271.6 crore against the target of Tk 391.01 crore.

The DCC has enhanced budgetary allocation to Tk 160 crore in FY 05-06 from Tk 103.65 crore in the last FY for roads, drains and traffic infrastructure development and maintenance.

It also increased budget allocation in constructing public toilets, purchasing bulldozers, dumping trucks, development of graveyards and crematoriums, increasing citizens' recreational facilities and development of parks and children's parks.

It has allocated Tk 17.50 crore for mosquito control activities and purchasing equipment and Tk 7 crore for cleaning activities.

The city corporation targets earning Tk 210 crore in holding tax applying its existing rules of 12 percent tax in the FY 05-06.

"Without increasing taxes the DCC is targeting to earn the revenue of Tk 432 crore through accelerating tax and fees collection activities from the existing sectors," the mayor said in his budget speech at Mahanagar Natya Mancha in the city in presence of ward commissioners, DCC officials and journalists.

The DCC has decreased the revenue target in some sectors that include advertisement and rickshaw licence fees.

Revenue target in bus, truck and launch terminals, public toilets, slaughterhouses, children's parks and graveyards and crematoriums are the same as in the last fiscal.

The DCC has increased the revenue target to Tk 210 crore in holding, conservancy and lighting tax, Tk 62 crore in market toll and rents, and rents in Nagar Bhaban commercial set-ups, Tk 35 crore in trade licence fees, Tk 13 crore from cattle markets, Tk 30 crore in road digging fees, Tk 35 crore in estate handing over tax, Tk 6 crore in renting machinery and Tk 2 crore in renting community centres.

The new budget earmarked a development expenditure of Tk 970.97 crore, which is 78 percent of the total budget, the mayor said, adding that DCC expects to receive a fund of Tk 100 crore from the government and Tk 550.22 crore under different foreign-aided projects.

The foreign-aided development expenditure of Tk 550.22 crore include Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover, market development and constructing multi-storied car-parking building, improvement of city's damaged roads and drains, roads widening and beautification from Banani Staff Road to Shahbagh crossing, acquisition of 103.13 acres land for waste dumping sites at Matuail in Demra and Amin Bazar in Savar and improvement of the waste dumping sites.

The other revenue expenditure include Tk 31 crore for hydraulic ladder, dump trucks, bulldozers, equipment for health department and transport and equipment for conservancy work, Tk 25 crore for constructing and development of community centres in each DCC ward, Tk 7.60 crore for environmental development, tree plantation, slum infrastructure development, public toilets and dustbins, Tk 10 crore for market construction and development and Tk 8 crore for citizens's recreation, park, children's park and playground development purpose, he added.

On suffering of the people due to road-digging, the mayor said lack of coordination among the city utility service providers is responsible for it.

No utility service authority could finish their work in time, he added.

To step up DCC's pace of work, the organisation will be brought under the Prime Minister's Office, he said.

About city government, the mayor said six mayors already had a meeting and they will again sit to set a final proposal in order to bring changes in the British-regime rules in running city corporations.