Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has assured that an appropriate war memorial would be built in Uttarakhand and for it he would soon hold necessary discussions with State Government and Army. Parikkar gave this assurance to senior BJP MlA Ganesh Joshi when the latter met him in Delhi on Monday.
The BJP MlA also appraised the problems of Mussoorie Sssembly constituency in which Dehradun and landore cantonment areas are located.
He told Parikkar that people of the Garhi cant area are facing problems due to absence of sewer lines. Joshi demanded that a sum of `30 Crore should be released by Ministry of Defence for laying sewer lines in the area.
The MlA also raised the problem of drinking water in the Garhi cant area. He informed him that ONGC is prepared to install a tube well in the area. Joshi said that one overhead water tank and tube well would solve the problem and demanded help of Defence minister on the issue.
BJP MlA Ganesh Joshi also demanded that Cant Fund Service rule should be implemented in all the cantonment boards which would prevent unnecessary hassles faced by the people living in the cant board areas for getting approval of any construction activity.
Joshi also demanded amendment in the Cantonment board act- 2006 so that more powers are bestowed on the elected representative of these boards. The BJP leader also said that the recruitments in class III and IV posts in cant boards should be opened for local youths.
The BJP MlA claimed that the Defence minister assured to take appropriate action on the issues raised by him.