Vidhan Sabha Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal has said that he will talk to Chief Minister Harish Rawat regarding the construction of a bypass road at lalkuan and provision of ownership rights to the residents of lalkuan.
The Vidhan Sabha speaker arrived at the residence of Nagar Panchayat head Rambabu Mishra here.
He was welcomed by party members. local residents present on the occasion said that lalkuan city was a revenue village in 1975 in spite of which the residents had not been able to secure ownership rights on their land.
After formation of Uttarakhand as a separate State in 2000, successive State governments had assured that residents of lalkuan would be accorded ownership rights. The locals also expressed concern at the highway passing through the heart of lalkuan city, stating that this threatens the very existence of the town. They stressed on the need for constructing a bypass road through the western part of the city. The locals further said that surveys and other activities have been held in the past 10 years repeatedly for the construction of this bypass but the construction of the bypass has not yet been approved by the authorities. Responding to this, Kunjwal assured the public that he would soon meet the chief minister in Dehradun and raise these issues. He averred that various steps would be taken to develop the lalkuan area.