The BJP leader and Mussoorie MlA Ganesh Joshi met the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Uttarakhand Sub area Major General Sami Sabharwal on Wednesday and demanded that army should open the bridle path linking these villages with the cantonment area.
Joshi led a delegation which consisted of villagers of Vijaypur, Johadi and Nayagaon of his constituency. Joshi told the army commander that the bridle path is used by the villagers for about 100 years and its closure last week by Army authorities is creating problems.
He claimed that since most of the residents of these areas are having armed forces background they have to regularly visit the hospital, schools and canteen located in the cantonment.
The GOC assured the delegation that the path would be opened for civilian movement.
later in the day Joshi also led a delegation of villagers of Vijaypur, Hathibarkala, Nayagaon and Johdi and met Regional Transport Officer (RTO) of Dehradun, Sudhanshu Garg. The delegation demanded that new route permits of Tata magic vehicles should be released on Nayagaon- Anarwala, Canal Road- Great value routes.
Similarly demand for city buses on Bhitralli- Rikholi and Masandwala route was made in the meeting. The MlA told the RTO that there is no public transport available in these routes due to which the residents of these areas face problems. Joshi said that the demand is an old one and was raised on many forums including state assembly by him. The RTO assured the delegation that matter would be discussed in the next meeting of Regional Transport Authority (RTA).