On becoming the mayor of Congress in Bhopal Municipal Corporation, the house tax and water bill of the people here will be halved. Women and men above 60 years of age will be given a rebate of 5 percent in property tax. Tourists, students, working women etc. will get free WiFi facility in public places.
These promises have been made in the Congress Sankalp Patra issued for Bhopal Municipal Corporation. State Congress President Kamal Nath released this resolution letter on Monday. Mayor candidate Vibha Patel, former Union Minister Suresh Pachauri, MLA PC Sharma were present on the occasion.
On the occasion of Sankalp Patra release, Kamal Nath said that the people of Madhya Pradesh have made it clear that the people are with the Congress in the Panchayat elections itself. Despite the misuse of police, money and administration by the BJP government, the public has come with the Congress in the Panchayat elections. The work that the people of the village have done, the same work is going to be done by the people of the cities of the entire state.
In the resolution letter, it has been said to give relief to the public by rationalization of property tax and water rate and mainly to solve the problem of drinking water and sewerage in a planned manner. Regarding the water supply system, there has been talk of connecting the water supply network from Upper Lake and Kolar to the network of Narmada water, so that the water supply network will be strengthened.
In the resolution letter, the issue of resolving the problems of the citizens by starting the Mayor Helpline has been mentioned. Along with the promise of all possible solutions to the problem of water logging that occurs at places during rains, legalising illegal colonies etc. have been mentioned. It was also promised to charge only 50 rupees per month water charges from EWS houses. A separate resolution letter was issued for slum settlements.
Kamal Nath said that after 16 months the Congress government will be formed in the state. He said that Vibha Patel and all of us together will develop Bhopal. Vibha Patel has been the mayor of the city before, she has experience of doing development work, she is a social worker.