The residents of ward 3 face numerous problems like parking chaos at the sector market and non-functional streetlights. Area residents also complain about the bad condition of roads, streetlights and poor sanitation facilities in their ward. Many area residents feel that a young and dynamic candidate would stand a better chance to win the election than the incumbent councillor.

Chanderbhan Goyal , the BJP councillor will not contest the polls from the ward this time. Instead, his wife Chanderkanta Goyal would be a candidate. She assured the area residents that infrastructure projects would be completed and steps will be taken to improve the condition of roads, if she was elected.

Complaints and expectations

Jaspal Singh, a resident of Sector 7, said, “There were many promises made by the councillor. However, he has not fulfilled any of them. Streetlights have not been functioning for almost a year. The crime rate in the ward has also gone up. ” Singh said that the councillor had made no arrangements for solving the parking problem in the sector market. He added, “The parking situation is very bad especially in the market.”

T N Kakkar, an area resident said, “The menace of stray cattle at night is a cause of concern.”

Sunita Chauhan, another resident, said parks must be developed soon. She said, “The councillor has to put in adequate efforts.”

Subhash Bansal, an area resident, said the residents were not satisfied with the performance of the current councillor. “The poor condition of roads, streetlights, sanitation facilities have forced residents to vote for a change in the upcoming MC elections,” said Bansal.

Councillorspeak

C B Goyal, the area councillor said that a number of developmental projects have been implemented. He said, “We had made efforts to convert available wasteland near the market into a parking lot to ease parking woes in the market. We have also carried out repairs of the buildings that were lying neglected.”

He said efforts have been made for maintaining the 18 parks of the ward. He added that Congress grass was also removed from the wastelands. “My wife Chandrakanta Goyal will be contesting the polls. We will complete all pending projects,” he added.

Achievements:

* Maintenance of 18 parks

* Clearing Congress grass from wastelands

* Conversion of waste land into parking lots

Not so succesful:

* Parking chaos near the main market continues

* Poor condition of roads

* Poor sanitation

* Stray cattle and dogs.

* Encroachments in the ward