The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) is the custodian of land of the city and it should ensure that all the dubious land deals are investigated in a fair and transparent manner. The Minister of Forest and Sports said this while taking a review meeting of the officials of MCD, MDDA, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and JNNURM at his office on Thursday.
He said Municipal Corporation should file police cases against the encroachers of land in the city. The minister said that a high level inquiry in all the cases of dubious land deals in the state capital will be done. He said that the MCD should develop a work culture so that the people do not face any problems. The minister also ordered a fair inquiry on the reports of illegal plotting in 100 bighas of land in Kargi area.
Agarwal said that the roads where the sewer lines are laid and not repaired. He ordered the officers of ADB to ensure that all the roads which got damaged in the sewer lines should be repaired. He said the efforts should be made for timely completion of all sanitation and sewerage works. The minister said that the State Government has given its approval for trenching ground and works in this should be done at a fast pace.
He said that the officers should ensure that the benefit of the facilities provided by the state government reaches to common people. The minister asked the officers to make sure that the sewerage water is not disposed off in the rivers and latest technology should be used in the treatment plants. The meeting was attended by MDDAR’s Meenakshi Sundaram, Additional Director Urban development Navneet Pandey, SE Peyajal Nigam NS Bist and others.