The Maradu municipality has emerged top among local bodies in the district with 100% completion of projects during the financial year 2023-24. Municipal chairman Antony Asanparambil said the wholehearted cooperation of the councillors and the administration led to the achievement.
Mr. Asanparambil, however, said bills for the completed projects had not been settled as the State Treasury accepted only bills up to March 23. It was earlier informed that bills up to March 27 would be accepted and cleared ahead of the closure of the financial year. However, the date was pushed back without proper notice, he added.
The chairman said the municipality had submitted complaints to the Finance and Local Self-Government Ministers. The civic body was allocated a Budget share of ₹8.38 crore, and the entire lot of projects under the Budget schemes was completed, he said.
Bills for 62 projects in the general category amounting to ₹82,83,181, and for seven projects under the SC category for a sum amounting to ₹5,50,3818 were yet to be cleared, said Mr. Asanparambil.
