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Chandigarh Mayor Touts Cleanup and Revenue Moves as Rivals Challenge Year-End Claims

Opposition parties contest her record ahead of the January 29 mayoral election citing debt plus service shortfalls.

Overview

  • Harpreet Kaur Babla says 95% of legacy waste at the Dadumajra dumping ground has been removed during her one-year tenure.
  • She announces a long-stalled memorandum of understanding for citywide door-to-door garbage collection has been finalised after six years of delay.
  • The mayor reports clearance of roughly ₹3 crore in long-pending material payments for sanitation workers and highlights committee reforms including a unanimously constituted F&CC and nine new sub-committees.
  • Her revenue claims include festival income at zero expenditure, new advertisement and parking policies, and a licence-fee instalment plan that has collected ₹2.5 crore so far with ₹6 crore targeted by March 2026.
  • AAP and Congress dispute the narrative, alleging rising municipal debt near ₹2,500 crore, pending salaries and pensions, misrepresented central funds, and failures in projects such as the Manimajra 24-hour water supply.