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Kharar reels under civic neglect, no MC meeting in over seven months

Residents of the Shivalik City and Nijjher Road area found themselves in knee-deep water on the road
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The Kharar Municipal Council has not held a house meeting for the past seven months even as the town continues to grapple with inundated roads and acute tap water shortage.

After a drizzle residents on Sunday morning, residents of the Shivalik City and Nijjher Road area found themselves in knee-deep water on the road.

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Councillors across the party lines flayed MC president Jaspreet Kaur Longia of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Kharar MLA Anmol Gagan Mann of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for allegedly indulging in petty politics and stalling each others’ project for the past two years.

Notably, Kharar MC is one of the richest municipal councils in the state with a budget of Rs 136 crore for the financial year but the civic amenities in the town are in tatters.

Only two House meetings have been held in the past one year on February 21, 2024, and July 2, 2024.

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“The Municipal Council has been reduced to a playground of petty politics, blame game, organising protests and stalling civic body’s developmental work,” said Subhash Aggarwal, a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.

Councillors complained that new tubewells were not being installed according to the requirements.

“If House meetings are not held regularly and approval for 27 tubewells is not sent, it is bound to face one or the other objection,” said Ward No. 17 councillor Surmukh Singh, who left the Congress to join the AAP after getting elected.

Singh, who considers himself lucky to be able to get a tubewell for his ward recently, said, “Five-six tubewells have been installed recently and they will start working soon.”

Ward No. 10 councillor, on the other hand, had recently sat on a protest with residents after the tap water supply remained muddy for one week. Mann had at the time pacified the protesters, saying. “If all the councillors come together, she will change the look of entire town in a year.”

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