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Councillors Target Mayor, Officials Over Civic Issues At House Meeting | Jaipur News
Jaipur: The fifth general body meeting of the current board of JMC Greater was conducted on Tuesday where all councillors spoke about problems in their wards. Almost all the councillors raised issues like poor lighting facilities, encroachments, poor sewerage conditions and lack of proper cleaning of drains.
Councillors made allegations against the mayor and officials of JMC Greater of not responding to their calls or letters. BJP councillors raised questions on the mayor’s work and lack of response from her end. The mayor is also from the BJP.
Meenakshi Sharma, councillor from Ward 15, said that no work was being done and “we are helpless.”
“There has been no monitoring of work done under the previous budget, so how are you planning to give a new budget? In my ward, there is a colony which was waterlogged for nine days last monsoon and when I complained to officials, they said the colony comes under JDA. When I went to JDA, they said that the colony belongs to JMC. This is how officials are misleading the public and councillors and they do not respond at all. This year, monsoon has just started and the colony is again waterlogged. No work is being done to clean the drains,” said Sharma.
The councillor from ward 20 in JMC Greater said that high mast lights were needed in almost all wards to reduce safety problems and robberies in localities.
Priyanka Agrawal, a BJP councillor from Ward 21, said, “There are also many illegal vendors and stalls, then dairy booths that have encroached upon roads, covering sewerage drains. No one is there to listen to us. There are many councillors who are also involved in these encroachments and they come to save the encroachers and add to the problem.”
Councillors from ward 32 and 37 also raised the issue of rampant encroachments.
Ajay Singh Chauhan, councillor from Ward 39, said that he along with councillors from nearby wards conducted early morning inspections daily during last winter and successfully removed encroachment on their own and thereafter fenced the area.
Councillors also said that streetlights in the city must be installed according to the size and width of the road so that it covers the whole area and does not look like a “small lamp”.
“Lights should be put up according to size of road, otherwise the facility that we are giving is not getting used to its maximum potential. Further, we need smaller waste collection vehicles in all wards that can clear out small garbage heaps that get accumulated throughout the day,” said Dinesh Kanwat, councillor from ward 26.
Councillors made allegations against the mayor and officials of JMC Greater of not responding to their calls or letters. BJP councillors raised questions on the mayor’s work and lack of response from her end. The mayor is also from the BJP.
Meenakshi Sharma, councillor from Ward 15, said that no work was being done and “we are helpless.”
“There has been no monitoring of work done under the previous budget, so how are you planning to give a new budget? In my ward, there is a colony which was waterlogged for nine days last monsoon and when I complained to officials, they said the colony comes under JDA. When I went to JDA, they said that the colony belongs to JMC. This is how officials are misleading the public and councillors and they do not respond at all. This year, monsoon has just started and the colony is again waterlogged. No work is being done to clean the drains,” said Sharma.
The councillor from ward 20 in JMC Greater said that high mast lights were needed in almost all wards to reduce safety problems and robberies in localities.
Priyanka Agrawal, a BJP councillor from Ward 21, said, “There are also many illegal vendors and stalls, then dairy booths that have encroached upon roads, covering sewerage drains. No one is there to listen to us. There are many councillors who are also involved in these encroachments and they come to save the encroachers and add to the problem.”
Councillors from ward 32 and 37 also raised the issue of rampant encroachments.
Ajay Singh Chauhan, councillor from Ward 39, said that he along with councillors from nearby wards conducted early morning inspections daily during last winter and successfully removed encroachment on their own and thereafter fenced the area.
Councillors also said that streetlights in the city must be installed according to the size and width of the road so that it covers the whole area and does not look like a “small lamp”.
“Lights should be put up according to size of road, otherwise the facility that we are giving is not getting used to its maximum potential. Further, we need smaller waste collection vehicles in all wards that can clear out small garbage heaps that get accumulated throughout the day,” said Dinesh Kanwat, councillor from ward 26.
