'Entries are made by taking the post of corporator': 'Drainage line also gets mixed with our water', people in Kumbharwada are troubled by road, drainage and water problems

When the local body elections of Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation have been reached, Ward No. In 2 (Kumbharwada), there is anger among the locals over the lack of basic facilities. Ward No. In 2021, four BJP candidates won. While the Divya Bhaskar team reached out to talk to the locals about the problem of this ward. There was anger among the locals due to the problems of roads, drainage and water. Manjulaben Makwana, a local resident, said, "The drainage line also gets mixed with our water. Congress candidate from ward number 2 Arvind Parmar said, "Entries are made by taking the post of corporator. 'If we walk here, we fall, no road is good' Local Paluben said, "This is Krishna Society. We have been flooded for 10 days. Our son falls ill and his medicine costs 10,000 to 20,000 rupees. If we walk here, we fall. No one comes to repair the road. If you come to seek votes, we will not vote. Fix the road first. This has been the problem for five to six years. Even after informing the corporator, no one comes. 'The drainage line also gets into our water' Manjulaben Makwana, a local resident, said, "I live here inside Gopal Society. After digging the road here, there is a lot of water and rain in it, so no one has come to see it. When voters come, they ask for votes and then no one comes to see them. We have a problem of drainage and water and the drainage line also gets mixed with our water. Our boys fall ill, so we have to go to the hospital frequently. Still, no one comes here to see us. 'Left with a pothole, filled with dirty water' "I have lived in this area for 50 to 60 years, but that's the problem," said Jivabhai Khasutia, a local resident. There is no road facility here, and there is so much mosquito menace that the mosquitoes swarm at night and there is so much filth! From Gopal Society to Amar Society, where can we go from there? The road is so bad that we can't walk. How can all of our elderly people move now?. 'These people will join hands when the vote comes' "It's not even 5 years since the road was demolished," he said. Now the road has been demolished, but all the people who were supposed to do the work have fled and left a huge pothole here. Now there is so much dirty water in it that there are mosquitoes and flies inside. Now if we want to sit down to eat, we have to fly flies or mosquitoes or we have to eat. When the vote comes, these people will fold their hands and say, 'Give us votes, give us votes'. But whom to give and whom to trust. 'Walk around and take videos and leave' Valjibhai Gohel, a local resident, said, "I have been living in this area on rent for about three years. We have young children here who are suffering from illness right now. Now you see, we are tired of mosquito menace, so now the municipality does not give any answer to what to do. He comes here and takes the Ola video and leaves. So now we have to complain about who has to come here to seek votes, but no one comes here to pay attention. "If we talk about internal roads, 70 per cent of the roads have not been built. Congress candidate from ward number 2 Arvind Parmar said, "I am a former corporator of Kumbharwada. Prior to that, I had also served as a corporator in Chitra-Phulsar. This time the Indian National Congress party has given me a ticket from Kumbharwada. If you look at the problems of Kumbharwada ward, then there is any backward, backward and backward area of Bhavnagar city that is now Kumbharwada ward. The roads in Kumbharwada ward are not good. Today, if we talk about internal roads, 70% of the roads are not built, this is a fact. There are frequent water crises and sewage water gets mixed with the drinking water taps and then epidemics have become a daily problem. Problem of traffic jams at both the crossings He further said that if the people of Kumbharwada are facing the most difficulties, it is to construct an underbridge over the railway. There is a traffic jam and most of the people associated with the diamond industry are involved in the diamond industry. There is so much traffic at both the gates for lunch and in the morning for work and on the way back in the evening. 'They take the position of corporator and make entries' Parmar further said that people say that four corporators have been elected by the BJP but not even once have ventured into the area. Only these BJP corporators, after becoming corporators, become contractors and become partners of contractors and have not spent a single penny in the service of the people. You can't just get out of it by taking the position of corporator and making entries, putting nameplates on your four-wheel front and back. 'Ending BJP rule will start from Kumbharwada' "The fact is that there is so much infighting within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that this time the Congress party panel is going to win 1000% from the Kumbharwada ward. And this time the Congress panel of Kumbharwada ward is a closed panel, an educated panel, a panel of youth, so this time the mood here is something different. I am confident that it will happen from 2. 'There has been no water problem for one and a half years' Naresh Chavda, former corporator of Kumbharwada ward number 2, said, "I never dreamt that I would be able to do so much work in the ward of Kumbharwada in five years after I came to the ward. My dream was to do five main works in Kumbharwada ward, which I have completely succeeded in. In which the underpass of gate number 219 of Gadechi Road, which leads to Vadla, has been approved. It is also expected to be started soon. To solve the water problem, an overhead tank has been built in Akshar Park at a cost of crores. Very soon, the water supply is going to start in a day or two. The people who used to get water early in the morning in my ward will now get water at full pressure around 6 or 5 o'clock. For the last one-and-a-half years, there has been no problem of water. 'Four-lane road with street lights approved at a cost of Rs 32 crore' He further said that the drain has been built. It was a four-lane and 10 drains from Aveda, which was our nose to enter Kumbharwada. A four-lane road with divider and street lights has been approved at a cost of Rs 32 crore. If you go from 10 Nala to Nari Chowk, then Kumbharwada will come first. If you see, you will see that this is the way to Kumbharwada. "We have done development work in Kumbharwada worth Rs 250 crore in 5 years. Chavda further said that the upgradation drainage line from Aveda to Radhekrishna party plot has also been laid. Half the work has been completed and half the work will start soon. Secondly, the water lines of the water works were some and we had to lay new ones in Kumbharwada. The old lines have also been upgraded with new ones. A lot of work has been done on Kumbharwada roads, RCC roads and block paving. If there are any leftovers, there will be very few left. We have done development works in Kumbharwada worth about Rs 250 crore in five years.