Keeping in view concerns of the farmers regarding use of their lands by the officials concerned for widening of the national highway from Jaspur to Khatima, the Udham Singh Nagar district administration, has assured the farmers to take up the matters with the officials concerned of the national highway authority.
Speaking at a meeting with the farmers on Tuesday, Brijesh Kumar Sant, District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, assured the farmers that a meeting would be held with the officials concerned of the national highway authority to solve their grievances in regard to the use of their lands by the officials concerned of the national highway authority for the widening of the national highway between Jaspur and Khatima.
All the farmers affected due to use of their lands for this national highway widening works between Japur and Khatima, will also be invited in meeting so that their concerns could be solved amicably, added the DM, Udham Singh Nagar. In the meanwhile, following the complaints from the farmers regarding alleged damage or blocking of canals in different parts of the district by the colonisers/ builders, the District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, said that a committee would be set up to look into this matter.
And the committee will visit different areas to look into this matter and submit its report to the district administration, he added. At the same time, Sant also said that the competent authorities of different departments must also address the grievances of the farmers at their level so that the farmers may not have to face unnecessary trouble.