Dehradun District Magistrate Ravinath Raman presided over the meeting of the district level committee headed by him to review the status of boundary wall construction around graveyards for Christians and Quabristans for Muslims currently underway in various Vidhan Sabha constituency areas in the district.
Various proposals for boundary wall constructions for burial grounds were tabled in the meeting chaired by the DM at his camp office in Dehradun on Friday. The district level committee approved some proposals including boundary walling of burial round at village Mohankheda Dakra in Chakrata at a cost of `75.48 lakh, boundary walling graveyards for Christians near MH hospital and MES line 72 and 163 at a cost of `97.93 lakh, `60 lakh for boundary walling the burial ground in Timli village in Sahaspur block, `31.17 lakh for boundary walling the burial ground at Jhibredi village, `44.92 lakh for the quabristan at Gusaingaon, Kandoli and varied amounts for various other burial grounds for the dead of Christian and Muslim communities.
The representatives of the MlAs in question also met the district magistrate regarding aspects like the quality standard of the construction works. He assured that work will be done in a transparent and systematic manner.