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A survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy has revealed that:
- Poor’s biggest concern is water: While the middle and upper class mostly lament about traffic congestion, which dominates public discourse, the poor’s biggest concern is access to water.
- Poor state of municipal civic participation: It also highlighted that only two in ten people know the name of the last Mayor. A majority of them approached MLAs and MPs, but only 12% approached a councillor for grievance redressal and 88% of the respondents had never met a city councillor.
- Poor recognition of wards: The survey also revealed more than half of the voters (52%) do not recognize wards as the basic unit of governance, while 87% of the respondents are not aware of ward committees.
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