Ahmedabad: AMC to spend Rs 25 crore to renovate Navarangapura stadium

The city civic body on Friday finalized the annual budget for 2023-24.

The total budget is Rs. 9,482 crore, with a provision of Rs 3,974 crore for development projects.

The standing committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Commission (AMC) has decided to renovate the Sardar Patel stadium for Rs 25 crore as part of the city’s preparations to host the 2036 Olympic games.

The civic body has also provided Rs 7 crore to set up yoga meditation centres for women in the city. These centres will come up in every zone of the city.

The civic body will spend Rs 250 crore on constructing two new RCC roads in every zone during the year.

It will spend Rs 15 crore to provide every residential society with garbage bins of 80-litre capacity.

The AMC will procure five new super sucker machines to clean roads for Rs 10 crore.

The civic body will construct two new crematoriums in the city, one at Lambha and the other at Kathwada. For the fire brigade, the AMC has decided to procure two snorkels of 104m height and three drone-mounted vehicles at an expenditure of Rs 10 crore.

For the elderly citizens, the civic body will construct senior citizen parks in Thaltej and Chandkheda. The corporation has also decided to increase the annual grant to councillors from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 40 lakh.