Bhadaur: Awaiting booster dose of infra

Parvesh Sharma

After they elected Aam Aadmi Party MLA Pirmal Singh Dhaula, Bhadaur constituency locals have not seen the required development in the area as the government allegedly ignored the area deliberately. But even after joining the Congress, Dhaula’s constituency didn’t get the required attention.

There are a total of 77 villages in the constituency and two urban areas — Tapa and Bhadaur. The lack of health facilities can be gauged from the fact that both hospitals at Tapa and Bhadaur have become referral centres. Whenever any patient faces a serious problem, the staff prefers to refer him to Barnala, Patiala, Ludhiana or Bathinda hospitals.

Besides, many roads of the constituency are in bad shape, leading to frequent accidents. Despite repeated requests of residents, authorities have not released any funds to start repair work. Many areas of the constituency are without proper bus service. Sewage and water supply lines are also in bad shape in many areas, while many sarpanches alleged that they had not received funds for developmental works even after several promises by the government authorities.

“In many areas the developmental works have started, while remaining parts would also see the development as the government has sanctioned projects as per my requests,” said MLA Dhaula.

Past trend

In the past seven Assembly polls, voters have elected Congress, BSP and AAP candidates once and SAD four times. It has primarily been an SAD stronghold, with the party registering four consecutive victories from 1972 to 1985 and three wins from 1997 to 2007.

Electorate strength

Total voters 1,53,195
Male 82,025
Female 71,163
Third gender 7

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