The Save Bharalu campaign, which was launched by a group of right-thinking and responsible citizens of Guwahati, is slowly gaining momentum. While Bharalu is only one example of how a river has been raped by the citizens of Guwahati, especially as the authorities had generally chosen to look the other way, it is an opportune time now to draw the attention of the voters as well as the contesting parties and candidates of the upcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election towards the drainage problems of Guwahati. The city of Guwahati is broadly covered by what is called the Bharalu drainage system, which comprises the Bahini-Bharalu river and the Mora-Bharalu, with several streams, brooks and rivulets originating in the hills in and around the city carrying considerable quantity of water to them. Thanks to the city's administrators, most drains, which carry sewage too, also empty into the Bahini-Bharalu and other rivulets and streams, thus making them a highly polluted drainage system in the world itself. The voter-citizens of Guwahati need to ask the contesting parties and candidates of the GMC election about how much knowledge they have about Guwahati's drainage system and the problems faced by this system, as also what plans they have to offer for easing these problems, if not removing them altogether. The voter-citizens should also ask the candidates and the political parties about what plans they have for solid waste management of the city, reducing the plastic and polythene load, and above all, removing the encroachers from the Bharalu, Mora-Bharalu, Bahini, and other rivulets and streams. It is equally important for the voter-citizens to question the contesting candidates and parties about what plans they have for protecting and conserving the several wetlands of the city, like the Barsola Beel, Sarusola Beel, Silsako Beel, Deepar Beel, Bondajan Beel, Susuki Beel, Pitani Beel, Pata Beel, Juguli Beel and Hanhsara Beel. A clear message should go to the contesting candidates and parties that the citizens are serious about getting an effective and efficient team of Councillors to run the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, and not people are illiterate about civic issues, are corrupt and who represent and protect criminals, law-breakers, and encroachers.