Paradip Municipality Ward-12 Councillor Basanta Kumar Biswal of the BJD was elected uncontested as Chairman of the municipality on Friday. Biswal said he would take steps to solve drinking water problems of the port town before working on sanitation and electricity connection to the slums of the town. Notably, the BJD has got 16 wards out of 19 wards in the recently-held Paradip Municipality polls. BJD Councillor of Ward-7 Parshuram Sahu was elected unopposed as the new Chairman of the Belpahar Municipalityon Friday. The chairman post is reserved for OBC. The BJD had won 16 out of 19 wards of the municipality in the polls. The BJP won in two wards and the Congress had its worst performance getting one ward. Sahu said he would take steps to improve the town’s sanitation and water supply systems and renovate roads.