A meeting was held for the rehabilitation of Van Gujjars presided by Dinesh Agarwal, State Forest, Wildlife and Sports minister on Tuesday at his office with the officers of the concerned departments.
He directed them to go for electrification of 157 drinking water hand pumps, 42 tubewell irrigation, 157 toilets and 157 cattle sheds at the Gujjar rehabilitation committee at Sabalgarh, considering the demands raised by the Gujjar representatives and Gujjar rehabilitation committee in their last meeting with him.
Agarwal instructed the principal chief conservator of forest Beena Shekhri and other forest department officials to prepare and submit the estimated cost for the rehabilitation installation work and said that executing agency should lose no time in completing the works thus allotted.
He also asked the officials concerned to make arrangements for Gendikhata rehabilitation , sheds for livestock and separate toilets for each family.
Beena Shekhri, principal chief forest conservator, Ghambeer Singh, chief forest conservator, Bhuvan Chandra, forest conservator and H K Singh district forest regional officer Haridwar were among those present during the meeting.