Chandigarh, Nov. 12 -- Ward number 6, comprising Mauli Jagran, Railway Colony, Shivalik Enclave, Modern Housing Complex, Gobindpura, and Shanti Nagar, has remained a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stronghold through three municipal corporation elections, surviving major boundary changes and shifting demographics. Even before the 2021 delimitation expanded Chandigarh's municipal wards from 26 to 35, the area consistently elected BJP representatives: Rajinder Kaur in 2011 (under the former Ward 24) and Anil Kumar Dubey in 2016. In 2021, when the newly carved Ward 6 was reserved for women, BJP's Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon won the seat with 3,097 votes (36% vote share), defeating her nearest rival by 502 votes. The ward spans sharply contrasting neighbourhoods. Railway Colony houses railway employees in government quarters; Mauli Jagran is densely built with narrow commercial lanes; Shivalik Enclave offers a planned layout with dedicated green belts; while Shanti Nagar and Modern Housing Complex feature a mix of local markets and multi-storeyed apartments. Despite these differences, basic civic neglect is uniform across the ward. Potholed roads and traffic bottlenecks disrupt daily commutes and local commerce, while monsoon rains routinely overwhelm the drainage system, backing up sewage onto streets and into homes. Public spaces fare no better: Garbage piles up in neighbourhood parks, Shanti Nagar is littered with waste, and residents report non-functional park lights along with hazardous tangles of overhead wires. Security remains a primary grievance. Residents of Railway Colony report frequent thefts, snatchings, and open drug trade. While closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have been installed in select pockets, overall surveillance coverage is sparse and regular policing is lacking. Congress leader Surjit Dhillon alleged that little had changed in the ward over the past five years. Questioning the development claims made by the councillor, he said garbage was accumulating in parks, and overhead wires and poor road conditions continue to be a problem for residents in the area. The ward's electorate has shrunk dramatically. Following the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the voter count dropped from nearly 17,000 to approximately 11,000-a sharp reduction thatfundamentally shifts the local political equation ahead of the next polls....