Rawalpindi: (Parliament Times) Non delegation of powers to the Local Bodies representatives including Mayor, UC chairmen and UC Vice-chairmen has led to deprive the citizens of Rawalpindi civic amenities.
More than 100 days have been competed following the oath taking by the local Bodies representatives but no improvement has been witnessed in resolution of civic problems including traffic, cleanliness and others. All the local bodies representative including Mayor, UC Chairmen and Vice chairmen UC have not been given powers. The offices of local bodies have not been set-up as yet with the completion of 100 days.
The traffic system of Rawalpindi is non functional, while the announcements for making the roads signal free have not gone from theory to practice. . The water crisis is compounding day by day and in most of the areas water crunch is turning into nightmare. .
A resident of Rawalpindi said that Mayor Rawalpindi failed to visit any UC, while the funds have not been released as yet. He slammed the government by saying that there is no use of holding dummy Local Bodies elections without devolving the powers to representatives and public. Non availability of medicines in municipal dispensaries has rendered them meaningless in the eyes of citizen.
The citizens have demanded of the government to empower the local bodies representatives so that they could play their due role in alleviating their woes.