Amdavad Municipal Corporation has received 4 lakh online complaints regarding contamination of tap water, overflowing gutter lines and road issues in the past 4 months.

From June 1 to October 7, more than 4 lakh complaints were received by AMC regarding drainage issues, bad roads and contaminated tap water. Among the complaints received by AMC, 1.75 lakh were drainage-related complaints. 

AMC spends crores of rupees in repairing roads and gutter lines and providing clean tap water to the city every year. Whereas on other hand citizens allege that AMC has failed to live up to its promise..

In the walled city area, drainage lines are around 50 year old and to change this drainage and water pipelines, AMC had issued a tender of more than ₹150 crore.

But no contractor expressed interest in replacing the drainage line, so AMC had to re-tender the contract. 

Due to the rise in water contamination, citizens had raised their complaint to the municipal commissioner. But citizens continue to receive contaminated water as repair work is still pending. Moreover, there have been increasing number of complaints regarding the drainage and water issues.

Most complaints received by the AMC relating to drainage are closed without resolving the issue, it has been alleged.

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