Due to clearance of the budgetary estimation from the Army Headquarters pending, the construction of CSD Golden Fish Canteen has not yet started even a decade after it was proposed in the district headquarter Pauri.
land had been purchased from the Pauri municipality for constructing the CSD canteen and though many proposals have been sent for construction of the canteen on this land, no progress has been made by the authorities concerned so far. The canteen has been functioning from a rented building for more than a decade now.
The land purchased for construction of the CSD canteen is situated near the treasury on the road leading to block office. This plot had been purchased for a sum of Rs90,000 while the estimated cost of constructing the canteen is Rs75 lakh. The Golden Fish CSD canteen has been functioning in a rented building on the Pauri-Srinagar road since the year 2000.
Ex-servicemen have demanded that the canteen should be constructed as early as possible because presently the canteen is functioning in a building which lacks adequate space and is causing inconvenience to the beneficiaries. There are more than 8000 ex-servicemen enrolled as customers of this canteen. The CSD canteen covers the card holders of Srinagar, Chhakkisain, Terpallisain and other places.
According to official sources the estimated cost of the constructing the canteen was 70 lakh in 2010 and this estimate had been sent for approval to the higher authorities.The command headquarters lucknow or in the case of financial excess, the army headquarters Delhi will sanction the estimation for the construction of the CSD canteen.The estimated cost of constructing the canteen has now increased to Rs75 lakh. The proposed new canteen building would have sufficient space for the storage of products sold in the canteen, an office room, waiting space for customers and a canteen selling tea and snacks.