chandigarh with the civic body receiving rs 125 crore as the first installment of the grantinaid from the finance department of the ut administration its focus will largely remain on salaries wages and committed liabilities only crucial works mainly related to maintenance will continue without any hurdlessources said the accounts department has started to set the priorities and placed the financial status before senior officers to take the decisions on spending the money in a judicious mannersome funds have come against dedicated works like road recarpeting and there is no paucity of amount against such works they will continue in the same pace but salaries and wages are the main issues moreover we have our own revenue resources and things will be planned keeping the committed liabilities in mind an mc official saidthe mc will have to keep in mind while making expenditure that it will get the next grant after three months or may be after thatsources said the prime focus of the mc at the moment is covid only our maximum employees from multiple departments are busy in covid duties once the situation comes under control only then something new can be planned sources saidthe general house of the mc earlier this year had passed rs 1627 crore budget for the financial year from the administration but the ut had given rs 502 crore grantinaid which is rs 77 crore is more than the last financial years budgetut clears rs 502cr budgetpunjab governor and ut administrator v p singh bandore on monday approved rs 502 crore grantinaid gia budget to the mc for the 20212022 financial year out of this amount rs 75 crore is for developmental worksjudicious spending yadav municipal commissioner kk yadav said since committed liabilities comprising salaries and wages are the key segment of the budget the funds will be spent judiciously we have dedicated money for some projects like road recarpeting and enhancement of water capacity crucial development works are going on