Chhattisgarh Congress released its manifesto for the urban body elections on February 11, outlining 34 promises aimed at improving the state’s urban areas. Some key promises include delivering important certificates to residents' doorsteps, offering free Wi-Fi at public spaces, and installing CCTV cameras near schools and colleges for women's safety.
Other promises include providing free sanitary pads to female students in schools and colleges, regularizing municipal corporation contractual employees, and building fully equipped Anganwadi centers in all wards.
The manifesto also promises to establish youth hubs in every municipal area to create job opportunities and take special actions to support women’s self-help groups.
The manifesto, called ‘Jan Ghoshna Patra’, was unveiled by Pradesh Congress Committee president Deepak Baij, former MLA Stayanarayan Sharma (convenor of the manifesto committee), and other party leaders at the Rajiv Bhavan office.
In addition to the promises mentioned, Baij highlighted that the party would set up CCTV cameras in all city squares and near educational institutions to ensure women's safety. Financial assistance for last rites under the Shraddhanjali Rashi Yojana will be increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 for families below the poverty line.
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The party also pledged to make it easier for people to pay taxes and obtain building permits, with plans to simplify the house allotment process for homeless people. Regularisation of contractual workers in municipal corporations and transparency about sanitation staff working in each ward were also included in the promises.
Other plans include providing free libraries for students to prepare for competitive exams, protecting mobile cart vendors by setting up designated vending zones, offering community halls free of charge for women’s marriages, and giving land rights to people living on government land.
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Additionally, the Congress pledged to create a citizens' charter with set deadlines for work completion in all Congress-run municipalities, offer discounts on property tax for timely payments, and improve city sanitation by eliminating stray cattle and dust.
The urban body elections will take place in a single phase on February 11 across 173 civic bodies, including 10 municipal corporations, 49 municipal councils, and 114 nagar panchayats.
The BJP had released its manifesto on February 3, promising similar initiatives like property tax rebates for women, expanded women’s toilets, free Wi-Fi in schools and colleges, and free sanitary pads for female students.
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