No part of the Dharmpur Vidhan Sabha constituency will be left without roads.
The State Forest, Wildlife and Sports minister and Dharmpur MlA Dinesh Aggarwal said this while dedicating to the public, motor roads made in Deepnagar Kedarpuram ward number 35 at a cost of `80 lakh here on Sunday.
The minister also inaugurated State-level Paralympics games organised at Race Course by the Rotary Club and visited the site with officials of the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) to address the issue of water logging at Sevlakala PNB colony.
Addressing the local residents on the occasion, Aggarwal averred that no part of his assembly constituency area would remain without roads. Stating that no area in Deepnagar ward number 35 is without roads, the minister said that a network of roads is being developed in the area by the Public Works Department.
About a dozen road stretches inaugurated by him on Sunday have been constructed by the PWD with the MlA approving `80 lakh for road works in the area. He claimed that works are being undertaken at a brisk pace to resolve the basic problems being faced in the constituency area while officials are also being issued instructions from time to time for ameliorating the issues. Aggarwal said that he will remain focused on resolving problems faced in supply of electricity, water and road works. Referring to his political opponents, the minister said that some people were “having a problem” with the the execution of development works in the Dharmpur constituency area. He further said that development work is a continuous process without any type of politics on this issue.
Development of the area and State is possible only with the active participation of all public representatives and the general public, he said. Agarwal informed that he had facilitated various works under different schemes costing about `one crore in the Deepnagar Kedarpuram area with a sum amounting to `3.81 crore slated to be approved for various works. For sewerage work in the area a sum of `4.50 crore is to be approved under the State plan. A sum of `7.14 lakh has been approved under his MlA local area development fund for the laying of sewerage line at Nari Niketan by the Peyjal Nigam.
Earlier, the minister inaugurated the State-level paralympic games organised by the Rotary Club at Race Course with participants reportedly from all the 13 districts of Uttarakhand. The minister also got introduced to the paralympic games participants. He said that one should take inspiration from such children who do not step back even under difficult circumstances, consistently making efforts to move forward.
later, responding to the complaint regarding water logging and road issues at the Sevlakala PNB colony, Aggarwal visited the area in question accompanied by the local residents and officials of the MDDA. The locals complained that they had to face the problem of water logging in the area in absence of proper drainage. Apart from this, there are problems with the roads at various locations in the area.
Necessary measures should be taken to resolve these issues, demanded the locals. Aggarwal directed MDDA executive engineer Anil Tyagi to undertake measurement for road works required in the area and draft estimates for the same.
The drainage will be repaired to resolve the problem resulting from improper drainage of water from the area. Responding to the demand of the locals for development of parks in the area, Aggarwal directed MDDA officials to present a proposal for the development of two parks in the area.