Expressing annoyance at the delay in implementation of Army proposals, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the Revenue department officials to provide land to the Army as per its requirements at the earliest.
Addressing a civil-military liaison conference here on Friday, the Chief Minister said the pending issues of the Army should be solved in a time-bound manner.
“Delay not only hampers development but also increases the cost of a project and this is detrimental to the state,” Yogi said.
The Chief Minister also asked Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey to identify the officers who were delaying the project and fix responsibility within seven days.
Yogi Adityanath directed the state officials to send the proposal of field firing range in Saharanpur to the Central government within a month.
“The lease should be for 30 years. The Revenue department should provide land to the army as per their requirements,” he said.
He also directed the officials to provide land to ex-Servicemen to construct polyclinic.
“Work should also start on land mutation of Air Force Station, Bakshi ka Talab. The dispute between the state government and the Army on land requirement should be solved. The officials should resolve it with mutual discussions. The officials of the Revenue department should take a lead,” the Chief Minister said.
Focusing on cleanliness in Cantonment areas, the Chief Minister asked the General-officer-Commanding to look into the sanitation work so that it was done as soon as possible.
Yogi Adityanath also spoke about 5 per cent reservation for ex-Servicemen in Group C posts in the state government and said that the ex-Servicemen should be given priority and placed as faculty in state medical colleges.
The Army assured the Chief Minister that on August 15, it would plant three lakh saplings in Lucknow.
GOC Lt Gen Parvesh Puri, Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey and senior officers of Army and state government were present in the liaison meeting.