Hosneara Khuku, Khulna:

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has announced its annual budget involving at around Tk 602 crore for the fiscal year 2026-2027 following an austerity policy compared to the amount of Tk 720 crore set for the outgoing FY.

Administrator of KCC Nazrul Islam Monju formally announced the proposed budget at a press conference at Nagar Bhaban in the city on Monday noon with Chief Executive Officer of KCC (Deputy Secretary) Md Razib Ahmed in the chair. This is Monju’s first budget after being joined as KCC Administrator on March 01, 2026.

Khulna, the southwestern divisional city situated on the south side of riverbank Bhairab and Rupsha is home to more than 1.5 million people living within a 45.65 square km area across 31 wards.

No new tax has been imposed in the new budget termed by the Administrator as a development-oriented one depending on realization of the outstanding municipal taxes and expanding sources of income.

The corporation has set a target of Tk 211.90 crore for revenue collection of the ongoing fiscal. In addition, the corporation hopes to get 197.62 crore from the government’s development grants including especial grants and foreign funded projects, the Administrator said.

The proposed budget has allocated Tk 79.46 crore for several approved projects of different donor organizations including Asian Development Bank (ADB), German Development Bank (KFW), UNDP, UNICEF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, GIZ, BRAC, etc, the city Administrator added.

Nazrul Islam Monju said, “The new budget will provide necessary fund to ensure better living of Khulna city dwellers by solving menacing water logging problem, eradicating breeding places of mosquitoes, containing price spiral of essential commodities, recovering all canals from grip of encroachers, construction of new and repair of damaged roads and modernising drainage system.”

Administrator while announcing the proposed budget said, “We need full-length support of the government for successful implementation of the adopted projects.” He sought cooperation from the city dwellers, civil society, as well as journalists to attain the goals within the proposed budget this fiscal.

After the budget declaration, the Administrator replied to the questions from the audience regarding the development and problems of the city corporation. Among others, Sheikh Ashraf-uz-zaman, Sheikh Didarul Alam, Rafiul Islam Tutul, spoke on various problems and prospects of the new budget.

Administrator also gave assurance that the ward administrator would try their level best to help develop the city and ease the sufferings of the people. Officials’ concerned, local journalists, leaders of different professional, elite and senior citizens were present at the press conference.