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Councillor Harjinder Kaur spent the least — Rs 35.92 lakh. Manjit Singh Chohan has spent around Rs 50 lakh on his ward comprising Nehru Colony, Sector 54, Indira Colony, Adarsh Colony, Furniture Shops, Rehabilitation Colony Palsora and Palsora village. He said, “I have made allocations for my ward from the development fund. I also plan to allocate funds for installation of play equipment in Palsora. Other works would also be looked at.”

Another councillor, Anil Kumar Dubey, whose ward comprises Mauli Complex, Bhagat Singh Colony, Vikas Nagar, Shivalik Enclave, among other areas, has sanctioned Rs 57.75 lakh from the development fund. Dubey said he has submitted a number of proposals to the civic body for approval. “Once the projects are approved, my ward development funds would be completely utilised,” he said.

Some councillors tend to save their funds for the election year. With elections scheduled for next year, the allocation of ward development fund is likely to see an increase. Councillor Sunita Devi, who has allocated around Rs 63.18 lakh for various projects, said she is in the process of identifying areas where allocation of funds is needed.

There are, however, some who have allocated a substantial part of the fund for various projects. Councillor Pardeep Chhabra takes the lead for having allocated Rs 147.16 lakh and Kamlesh has allocated Rs 113.24 lakh. J S Kang has earmarked Rs 129.02 lakh and similar are the cases of councillors Sarita Devi, Raj Kumari Mishra, Anju Beniwala and Jatinder Bhatia.