Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that we have to keep Bhopal ahead in terms of development and for this, whatever help would be asked by the Mayor, the State Government would provide. Chouhan was addressing the gathering after the swearing-in ceremony of Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma.
Chouhan said, “The officers of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would also have a free hand for doing development works, but they would have to ensure that in the process, poor’s houses should not get demolished. Their bread and butter should not get snatched. Their handcarts and kiosks should not be sold by the BMC employees.”
Whatever assistance would be required to make Bhopal a green city, digital city and clean city would be provided by the State Government, Chouhan added. The new mayor of the city Alok Sharma immediately after taking oath of office on Monday reiterated that he would work to make the city clean and beautiful.
Sharma while talking to mediapersons after his swearing-in said that his priorities include cleaning of markets. Sharma took oath as the ninth mayor of the city on Monday at the newly-built auditorium of the BMC in the ISBT campus said that his first priority to make arrangements for cleaning of markets in the night while the second priority would be construction of Chowk Market road that would also be the model road of Bhopal city.
After Sharma, all the 85 Corporators of the BMC took oath of office and secrecy. The newly-elected Corporators of the BMC have also done planning for their respective wards. All the Corporators reiterated their promises of developing their respective wards.
Former leader of opposition in BMC and Corporator from ward number 42 Sagheer Ahmed said that the promises made with the people during the elections would be fulfilled.