Vijayawada, Oct 15 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the authorities to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) focusing on the reforms to be brought in for providing better services to the public alongside developing municipalities and corporations, including the revenue expenditure of each municipality.
During a review meeting on Municipalities and Corporations in accordance to the Central guidelines of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) held here on Thursday, the Chief Minister said that the revenue of each municipality and corporation has to be spent locally on various projects and initiatives, as this makes the municipalities self-sustainable. He also announced that employees’ salaries will be directly paid by the State government through 010 treasury.
The Chief Minister made it clear that the revenue of the municipalities should be spent on the development works of the same municipality and clarified that the State government doesn’t use those funds on any other works.