Karnal, April 9 -- The Karnal Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Tuesday unanimously passed an enhanced budget of Rs.394.25 crore for the year 2025-26 during its General House Meeting.

Earlier, it had passed a budget of Rs.378 crore for 2023-24 and there was no elected house in the corresponding year.

Chaired by Mayor Renu Bala Gupta, this was the first official meeting of the newly elected house, besides a general gathering during the swearing-in ceremony of the mayors and councillors at Panchkula last month.

The meeting was also attended by Karnal MLA Jagmohan Anand, Municipal Commissioner Dr Vaishali Sharma, MP representative Kavinder Rana, all 20 ward councillors, municipal officials, and others.

In a statement, the MC said that an op...