Haryana: With just 10 months left in the term of the current House, the newly elected Mayor of Ambala Municipal Corporation Shailja Sachdeva has a long list of civic issues to deal with. Poor drainage, sanitation, stray animals, deteriorating parks and faulty street lights are among the major challenges. Despite the challenge ahead, Mayor Shailja Sachdeva and her husband Sandeep Sachdeva, who is also a nominated member of the Municipal Corporation, are confident of completing development works and resolving public grievances. However, waterlogging during the rainy season is expected to be one of their toughest challenges. Every year, a huge budget is allocated for drain cleaning and waterlogging prevention, yet many low-lying areas, markets and residential colonies suffer from severe flooding, where water remains stagnant for several days. Mithun Verma, Congress-elected member from ward 10, said, “Preventing waterlogging during the rainy season is a big task for both the corporation and the new mayor. Proper cleaning of all major and minor drains and deployment of adequate number of sanitation workers will be a challenge. Besides, issues such as cleanliness, street lighting and pending development works in various wards also need immediate attention.” After winning the election, Mayor Shailaja Sachdeva assured residents that her administration will work swiftly to resolve long-pending civic issues. “The government will ensure rapid development of Ambala and we will resolve all major civic problems to prevent inconvenience to residents,” she said. Sandeep Sachdeva also stressed on the administration’s commitment to tackle waterlogging and other civic concerns. He said, “Waterlogging has been a persistent problem, but our priority is to ensure that residents do not face such problems during the rainy season. We have already discussed the issue with the officials, who have assured us that the drains will be cleaned on time. Besides, cleaning, improving drainage, shifting stray animals and installing street lights are on our priority list.” He further added: “We have started visiting various wards to assess and resolve problems. Being a part of the ruling government, we will ensure that these problems are addressed effectively with government assistance. Ambala will have the advantage of being the home district of Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini. Though only 10 months of our tenure are left, we will speed up development work in all the wards and achieve another victory in the next election.”
Civil problems increased in Ambala, Mayor vowed rapid development
