SCB–GHMC merger: North-east colonies of Sec'bad want all public roads under GHMC
In the letter to Arvind Kumar, the members put forth suggestions regarding the excision of civil areas from SCB and its merger with the GHMC.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 8 Jan 2023 8:22 AM GMT
Hyderabad: The members of the Federation of North Eastern Colonies of Secunderabad (FNECS) wrote a letter to special chief secretary (MAUD) Arvind Kumar who is also a member of the committee constituted by the ministry of Defence (MoD) to look into the modalities of excision of civil areas from the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB).
In the letter, the members put forth suggestions regarding the excision of civil areas from SCB and its merger with the GHMC.
One of the primary suggestions they made is that all public roads in Secunderabad Cantonment area should be brought under GHMC's jurisdiction. "This should happen not only to roads which are presently under Cantt Board ("C" class land), but also to the roads presently under the Military Engineer Services (MES) ("A1" class land), because most of the roads closed at present are "A1" roads," read the letter signed by C.S Chandrasekhar, secretary, FNECS.
In the letter, they have mentioned 11 roads that should be brought under GHMC's jurisdiction, including Gough Road, Richardson Road, Lakeline Road, Entrenchment Road, Ammuguda Road, All Saints Road, etc.
In the letter, they said all lands required to widen and improve the above roads should also be brought under the state's jurisdiction. Also, all land parcels needed to bring metro rail connectivity to the north eastern parts in the future should also be brought under state jurisdiction. Further, the vacant Military Dairy Farm land on Dairy Farm Road may also be brought under the state. Military Dairy Farms have been abolished all across India and this piece of land is vacant and unused. It is strategically located and can be used productively, they added.
The FNECS also reiterated that the cantonment lands in Hyderabad are state property, unlike other cantonments in India, as the British never conquered Hyderabad and the cantonment lands were handed by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad to the then existing government of Hyderabad after Operation Polo.
