Chennai Corporation Budget 2025: Over ₹43 crore allocated to improve parks; ward and Mayor’s special development funds raised
The Hindu
Mayor R. Priya said GCC allocated ₹1,001.61 crore for stormwater drainage upgrades.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) allocated ₹43 crore for the repair and improvement of 300 parks on Wednesday (March 19, 2025).
In her speech at the GCC Budget presentation for the Financial Year 2025-26, Mayor R. Priya announced that the Councillor’s Ward Development Fund would be increased from ₹50 lakh to ₹60 lakh per ward, and the Mayor’s Special Development Fund would be raised from ₹3 crore to ₹4 crore. These revised allocations, she said, would be utilised for development projects and civic improvements across the city.
The Mayor also introduced a QR code system for tax and trade licence payments. She stated that this system would allow residents to pay property tax, fees for name changes, trade licence fees, and other charges instantly by scanning a QR code, which will be printed on bills and official documents.
The Mayor said that ₹40 crore was allocated for road maintenance and pedestrian-friendly projects — resurfacing damaged roads, upgrading footpaths, constructing pedestrian plazas, installing tactile paving for visually impaired pedestrians, and enhancing street lighting.
She also said that ₹42 crore was earmarked for beautifying spaces under flyovers in T. Nagar, Anna Salai, Royapettah, Egmore, and Perambur. The project will involve landscaping, lighting, seating arrangements, and artwork to spruce up public spaces in these areas.
Ms. Priya stated that ₹3 crore had been allocated for vaccinating 1.8 lakh stray dogs against rabies and for administering deworming medication. She announced that a special emergency care centre for injured pet animals would be set up for ₹25 lakh. She added that a burial ground for deceased pets would be established at the Moolakothalam burial ground in Tondiarpet Zone. Additionally, she said that 10 new veterinary hospitals would be built within the existing Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres of the GCC at ₹15 lakh each.
She further said that ₹15 crore was set aside to install generators at crematoriums to ensure uninterrupted power, ₹90 lakh for geriatric care units at three urban primary health centres, ₹10 lakh for machines to sterilise operation theatres in maternity hospitals, and ₹51 lakh for defibrillators in 16 Urban Community Health Centres (UCHCs) and three maternity hospitals.
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