Officials of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Friday presented the civic body’s poor financial condition before the Standing Committee. They also requested a meeting with the Lieutenant-Governor to request him to release ₹2,630 crore the Delhi government allegedly owes the civic body.
Committee officials said the financial condition of the North body does not allow it to undertake developmental projects and that it requires immediate release of funds the government owes it.
Senior civic officials showed how the financial condition of the body was bad before the trifurcation and how the split only made things worse for it.
“The deficit of the civic body in the first two years after the trifurcation was ₹514 crore and ₹885 crore respectively. We were barely in a condition to make ends meet,” the presentation stated.
