The Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik directed officials concerned to take necessary action within a week to facilitate proper drainage, road, electricity supply and parking facility at Transport Nagar. The minister said this while conducting an inspection of the area here on Wednesday.
During the inspection, the cabinet minister said that the government’s top priority is first to facilitate cent per cent sewerage and drainage facilities in the provisional state capital Dehradun. Referring to Transport Nagar, he said that the area will be cleared of encroachments. Till now, a considerable portion of the Transport Nagar is with the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA).
The MDDA will improve the roads, drainage and parking facility in this area. After this, the officials of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun and the MDDA will jointly seek legal opinion and then hand over this area to the municipal corporation. The minister told officials concerned that the encroachment in the area should be removed within one week and tender process should be initiated for necessary work. The minister will once again conduct an inspection of the area on June 16, it was stated. Earlier, office bearers of the unions active in the Transport Nagar area also met the Urban Development minister regarding the improvement of facilitation in this area. The Rain Basera was also inspected on the occassion. The Dehradun Mayor and Dharmpur MlA Vinod Chamoli, MDDA vice chairman Vinay Shankar Pandey, MDDA secretary Prakash Chandra Dumka.