Mashhad Municipality’s Financial and Economic Achievements “Unique”

IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK

TEHRAN – Chairman of City Council of Mashhad says the economic and financial achievements of Mashhad Municipality have been unique in this term and its revenues grew by 120 percent  in 1398, last Iranian calendar year, which was around 13,390b tomans.

Speaking at a video-press conference on the occasion of City Councils Week yesterday, Mr. Mohammad Reza Heydari said that Mashhad Municipality had a brilliant performance in terms of financial matters last year and it could materialize earning cash revenues as schedule. He said that the city’s cash revenues grew by 156 percent in year 1397 and it enjoyed 120 percent growth in 1398 (last Iranian calendar year) which is a unique record in the history of performance of municipalities in the country.

He added that this achievement shows the endeavors of all bodies in the municipality and city council, adding that some of the cash revenues have been materialized through collecting the debts or bartering the debts of the municipality.

Heydari noted that this achievement indicates that the city has enough dynamism and capability to provide its costs while today, one of the major concerns and challenges of municipalities in the country is in the financial field.

He reiterated that the achievement comes at the time when most municipalities in the country had faced problem in paying salaries of their forces while Mashhad Municipality granted one-million-toman bonuses to its workers and staff after the approval of the city council.

Heydari further said that when the economic section of the municipality is strong, it will give this opportunity to the municipality for offering more financial supports to its staff.

He said in 1396, the municipality only materialized 82 percent of its economic budget and in 1398 it hit 90 percent, adding that if the city can convince the Planning and Budget Organization, the figure will hit 120 percent in 1398.

Heydari also said that the council earmarked special supportive budget for the Coronavirus era and the budget worth 27b tomans which will be spent for providing food packages for the staff.

He reiterated that the life and progress of the city all relies directly on the economic power of the municipality and urges all organs and institutions to help the municipality to materialize its goals which is to develop the city.