The officials of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) and Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) had a disagreement over a garbage transfer station along the Haridwar bypass road. MDDA officials have stated that demarcation of the land is in order to avoid any disputes in future.
On Wednesday, MDDA officials took out the vehicles of MCD from the transfer station claiming the land under their authority and placed their own guards at the entrance. Later, Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ along with his team removed the guards from the entrance and let the MCD garbage vehicles inside the station again. As per the MDDA officials, the said land is given to them by the State Govt under River Front Development (RFD) project and the municipal corporation has been sent many letters to settle this dispute. The demarcation of land is important to avoid any future disputes, said the MDDA officials.