The Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) will have to work harder to make Dehradun peaceful and systematic as it was before. Chief Minister Harish Rawat said this
after unveiling the foundation of various development
works of the authority amounting to Rs345 crore and inaugurating works amounting to Rs15 crore here on Friday. The Chief Minister also directed officials to name the MDDA’s ISBT housing scheme after Maharshi Valmiki and Sant Ravidas.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that the MDDA had extended the scope of its work in recent years. Stressing on the necessity for improving the condition of Rispana and Bindal rivers in Dehradun, Rawat said that flats with all necessary facilities are being provided to families being relocated from the riverbeds.
Clarifying that slum dwellers are not being evicted presently, he stressed that no new illegal constructions will be allowed now and that the MDDA, Municipal Corporation of Dehradun and police are responsible for ensuring this.
Rawat said that after river front development along Rispana and Bindal, those from the area will be provided space for commercial use. The State Government is trying to resolve the traffic problems in Dehradun.
The CM further said that Dehradun would have been developed into a smart city by now had the funds provided under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) under UPA government been used. The State Government is eager to provide the required fund but the MCD is unable to facilitate underground garbage bins, said Rawat which exhorting the gathering to maintain a positive outlook for making Dehradun a better place.
Speaking on the occasion, Forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal averred that execution of development works is not facing any hurdles in funding. The minister also exhorted the public to sincerely execute its responsibility for making Dehradun a clean and noiseless city.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the MDDA vice chairman R Meenakshi Sundaram informed that this was the biggest programme related to construction and developmental works in the authority’s history. The projects for which the foundation was unveiled by the chief minister on Friday include ISBT extension lIG, MIG and HIG housing scheme, Indira Amma Bhojanalay at Transport Nagar and Doon Hospital, first stage of river front development project and beautification of 26 parks in Dharmpur Vidhan Sabha constituency, he informed. The Urban Development minister Pritam Singh Panwar, Raipur MlA Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’, MDDA secretary Prakash Chandra Dumka and others were present on the occasion.