Commissioner, South Chotanagpur — Satendra Kumar Singh administered oath to the newly elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor and all 53 ward councilors of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Saturday in the presence of senior officials at Collectorate Office. Mayor Asha lakra and Deputy Mayor Sanjiv Vijayawargia who have been successful in retaining their respective posts pledged to work in public interest abiding by the rules as prescribed in Municipal Act.
Meanwhile, the ward councilors collectively took the oath and vowed to take the public work forward with utmost honestly and integrity. Notably, the municipal poll-2018 results were declared on April 20. After taking the oath, lakra and Vijayawargia assured to work in co-ordination burying all past tiffs for the betterment of Jharkhand’s biggest Urban local Body (UlB).
The Mayor said that her priorities will be completing all pending projects. “Efforts will be put to complete the ongoing projects on time. I will ensure that the basic facilities are provided to the public. All points will be taken care of in this tenure so that no hindrances arise in uniform expansion of Ranchi,” said lakra.
Vijayawargia too added that the new tenure will be initiated with fresh outlook and attempts will be made on three major frontages –ways to reduce water crisis, expansion of infrastructure benefitting all groups and taking more significant steps towards improving the status of sanitation. The elected representatives expressed their gratitude towards the city residents.
Kanke MlA, Jitu Charan Ram, Hatia MlA Navin Jaiswal, Ranchi DC Rai Mahimapat Ray, Municipal Commissioner Shaantanu Kumar Agrahari, ADM (Naxal) Poonam Jha, District Election Officer Geeta Choubey including other senior officials was present on the occasion.