MP: BJP councillor cleans sewage chamber in Gwalior after Congress-run civic body ignores people's complaints

The Gwalior Councillor, Devendra Rathore, who represents ward 15 in the Gwalior Municipal Corporation, expressed frustration over the constant sewer issues that led to flooding and foul odour in residents' homes. Despite raising the issue with the municipal commissioner, the mayor and the council, he felt compelled to personally address the problem due to a lack of response.

"There was a big sewer problem in ward number 15 and dirty water was flooding inside the houses of residents. People were living with foul smell and the matter was also brought before the council but no one paid attention to it. After this, I told the Commissioner, also requested the Mayor and raised the matter in the Council but the issue was not addressed. After that, I realised I would have to solve this matter myself," Rathore said as quoted by news agency ANI.

He added, “People have given me the vote and I must value their vote, therefore, I cleaned the sewer as no one was listening and people were facing issues. After I did the cleaning, the Municipal Corporation employees also came and started cleaning.”


Councillor Rathore also criticized Mayor Sobha Sikarwar, saying that under the leadership of the Congress and with a Congress Mayor in office, the municipal corporation remained silent on the issue. He said, “The municipality here is under Congress. We have the government in the state but here we are working under the Congress mayor Sobha Sikarwar but she remains silent.”

Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner of the Gwalior Municipal Corporation, Munish Singh Sikarwar claimed that sewer-related issues were typically addressed promptly, suggesting that had the information been received, the problem in Rathore’s ward would have been resolved swiftly.

"Wherever sewer-related problems arise, they are being resolved immediately. In that ward too, work was being done by the Municipal Corporation next to the sewer. If such information was received, it would also have been resolved," Sikarwar said.