Ardestan handicrafts have declined
The mayor of Ardestan said: We intend to establish a welfare, recreation and sports services area with an area of 30 hectares and we are ready to cooperate with the private sector in this field.
Ahmad Ali Bakhshaish stated: Ardestan with 12 neighborhoods and five towns has an area of about 1,200 hectares and its population according to the latest census is about 16,000 people.
He said: This city is located in the northeast of Isfahan and in the north-south corridor of the country in terms of geographical location, also due to its location seven kilometers on the eastern side of the transit route is of special importance.
The mayor of Ardestan clarified about the historical monuments of this city: there are about 4 thousand historical monuments in this city. Ardestan Grand Mosque is the second largest mosque in the country after Isfahan Grand Mosque, with two floors and four porches. Of course, Ardestan handicrafts have flourished little in recent years.
Regarding the budget situation of Ardestan Municipality in the last few years, Bakhshaish said: In 2006, when I took over the municipality, the municipal budget was about 850 million Tomans, and this amount has increased between 30 and 100 percent every year.
He continued: the budget of the last two years has grown by about 40% and this year the budget has been about 1 billion and 850 million tomans, also the most sources of municipal revenue have been local taxes, acquisition and assets and government assistance.
The mayor of Ardestan stated three general attitudes in the activity of the municipality and added: maintaining the projects of previous municipalities and in a way maintaining the existing conditions, reconstruction and completion of semi-finished projects of previous periods and starting new projects are the three main attitudes of Ardestan municipality, for example Hakim St. Al-Molk, construction of Golzar Shohada Rahmian, construction of CNG fuel station were among the semi-finished projects of the previous periods that were completed, as well as construction of open sports ground in the old neighborhoods of Rahmian, Kaboudan, Bazaar and Mahal Ardestan were among the activities of the 10th government.
Referring to the construction of a technical inspection center for light vehicles in the last four years, he said: We also plan to establish a technical inspection center for heavy vehicles, because Ardestan is in transit and needs such a center so that about 12,000 vehicles a day. It travels this way and with the construction of this center, a good income can be achieved.
He announced the construction of the Ardestan Women’s Cultural Complex and added: This project, which is in the form of a library, will most likely be inaugurated in the Fajr decade of this year. We also have the preparation of a 5,000-meter parking lot and the construction of a public bath on the agenda.
The mayor of Ardestan announced the purchase of a 30-hectare land called Mir Ali Taghi and added: The current value of this land is about 3 billion tomans, but in 2008 we paid only 500 million tomans to buy it and we intend to have a welfare and recreational services area And establish sports in it, we are also ready to cooperate with the private sector in the construction and operation of this project.