The Attapur ward No. 61, carries a second position in terms of vote count among all five wards of Rajendranagar Constituency. After Mailardevpally Ward No.59, which carries a total 79,290 voters, the Attapur Ward enjoys the presence of a whopping 55,655 voters in its fold.
The other three wards such as Rajendranagar-60, Suleman Nagar-57 and Shastripuram-58 carries 47,240, 46341 and 38618 respectively to hold 3rd, fourth and fifth positions in the row.
Cherry on the top is that during the last four years the Attapur ward witnessed an increase of 4091 votes. It carries total 51564 voters during last election while this time the number has reached to 55,655 that explicitly shows an increase of 4091 voters during the last four years.
This ward is reserved for the BC (Women) category and represented by TRS party till the bugle of election blows. Last time Ravula Vijaya of TRS was elected by securing 13155 votes out of the total 26,353 votes pulled. Cheruku Madhavi of TDP secured 5376 votes to grab second position while the AIMIM candidate B.Rajani managed to get only 3802 votes that failed to leave any impact here.
However, this time there are nine candidates contesting the election beside Cheruku Madhavi of TRS, who is presently representing the ward. BJP, for the first time entered into the foray from this ward by fielding Sangeeta Mondra as its candidate while TDP and Congress too fielded their candidates to seek mandate.
Similar to the number of voters, this ward too carries an array of civic issues like heaps of garbage on roads, unbridled mosquito menace, narrow roads, weekly markets nuisance and booze consumption on roads every few meters.
“As the Musi-River passes close to us, we can’t sleep properly as every night the stinking wrath of mosquitoes unleashed on us making it difficult for us to sleep in a serene atmosphere. Almost all the colonies standing on the banks of Musi River are smarting under the stinking issue of flies. Moreover, narrow roads too turned vulnerable for accidents as heavy vehicles regularly used to ply on these narrow roads,” said Ramesh a resident of Indranagar, Attapur.
“Weekly markets add more woes as the vegetable vendors don’t give a hoot to cleanliness after. The residents have to bear the brunt as the area fills with foul odor after the market. More so, road side liquor consumption is a common scene here from Pillar No. 135, 142 and beside the golden palace area. Elected representatives and leaders seldom addressed these issues while GHMC officials and police try their best to play truant. No proper roads and sewerage are an issue that needs an official attention,” said M. Srilatha, a resident of Attapur.
