The BJP MlA from BHEl Ranipur (Haridwar), Adesh Chauhan, along with supporters met Governor Aziz Qureshi and urged him to include several vicinities along Haridwar Municipal Corporation to the corporation as it is the year-long pending demands of the residents.
A delegation headed by Chauhan met Governor Qureshi and submitted him memorandum in Dehradun on Saturday. The delegation urged him to take effective steps to include Shivalik Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Vishnu lok, Jagjitpur, Sitapur, Gurukul and other adjoining areas to the Municipal Corporation of Haridwar.
They also demanded that the State Government should include surrounding vicinities to Municipal Corporation of Haridwar else declare these areas as separate Nagar Pallika for the overall development of the region.
According to the delegation, the residents from these areas have been continuously protesting since March 2007 in order to fulfil their year-long pending demands.
Chauhan cleared that more than 75,000 residents would be benefited, if these localities are included in corporation jurisdiction in the near future. The delegation comprised members from Sangarsh Samiti including Kashinath, Inderraj Duggal, Girish Chand and others.
SP Tyagi, Shriram Chamoli, lajjawati Nautiyal, Manju Nautiyal, Usha Rana, leelawati Jakhmola, Upendra Sharma, Narendra Chauhan, Naresh Sharma, Atul Vaishit, Nagendra Chauhan, Vipul Dandriyal and many more were present.