4.8k cr to shore up urban infra

Hyderabad: With significant growth in urban population over the years, the State government has decided to strengthen funding to urban local bodies to enable them to provide amenities in urban areas by proposing Rs 4,815 crore for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department in the 2016-17 budget.

Finance Minister E Rajender said the State was witnessing significant growth in urban population and nearly 40 per cent of the population in the State was urban and added that it was projected to grow further.