June 26: The Bharatpur Metropolitan City has announced a budget of Rs 6.31 billion for the Fiscal Year 2080/081 BS.    
Deputy Mayor of Bharatpur Chitrasen Adhikari tabled the budget in the 13th municipal assembly on Sunday.

The budget has provision to implement programmes from the ward-level and Rs 20 million has been allocated to each ward for the implementation of such projects.    
Deputy Mayor Adhikari said that a Complementary Partnership Fund would be established and implemented for the development of mega and the strategically important projects for which Rs 100 million has been allocated.    
The Bharatpur Metropolitan City has allocated Rs 160 million for urban beautification and land-utilisation, and settlement development.    
Likewise, Rs 70 million has been allocated for the implementation of agriculture-related policy that include mechanization of agriculture, capacity building of farmers, technology transfer, production of seeds, providing grants to the farmers based on the quantity of the farmers and other activities.    
The Metropolitan City has allocated Rs 40 million to run special health programme targeting children, senior citizens and women.    
Similarly, Rs 30 million has been allocated to complete the incomplete task of Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium establishing partnership and cooperation with the federal government and Bagmati Province government. -- RSS