Guwahati: Campaigning for the Silchar Municipal Corporation elections wrapped up on October 1. Candidates from every party made a final desperate grab for votes. They promised better roads and cleaner streets. The rain had other plans.
Heavy downpours turned major roads into canals. Commuters struggled through deep water while residents watched their neighborhoods submerge. This is old news. For years, politicians have used the drainage crisis as a talking point to win seats in Assembly, Lok Sabha, and civic elections alike. Every cycle brings the same hollow guarantees.
Voters are fed up. They want to know when the city will finally fix the drainage and water management systems. Promises remain unfulfilled. As the campaign ends, residents face a simple question, as one local voter noted: "When will this perennial problem be solved?"
The clock is ticking for the incoming council. The city needs real action. It does not need more campaign slogans from the next batch of leaders.
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