CM Dhami meets Defense Minister Rajnath in Delhi, demands for dissolution of Ranikhet-Lansdowne Cantonment Board

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. The Chief Minister requested the Union Defense Minister to dissolve the Cantonment Boards in Ranikhet and Lansdowne and transfer the areas outside the military stations to the state administration. Chief Minister Dhami welcomed the decision to dissolve the Cantonment Boards in Yol, Himachal Pradesh and merge the civil areas of the Cantonments with the Municipalities and re-designate the Cantonments as Military Stations.

आज नई दिल्ली में केंद्रीय रक्षा मंत्री आदरणीय श्री @rajnathsingh जी से भेंट की। इस दौरान उनसे प्रदेश के विकास से संबंधित विभिन्न समसामयिक विषयों पर विस्तृत चर्चा की। साथ ही रानीखेत और लैंसडाउन में छावनी बोर्डों को भंग करने और सैन्य स्टेशनों से बाहर के क्षेत्रों को राज्य प्रशासन… pic.twitter.com/Ql0Poru7to

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CM Dhami said that Ranikhet and Lansdowne are not strategic cantonments, so they should be dissolved on priority. Dissolution of Cantonment Boards and transfer of civil areas in these cities to local municipalities/district administration will benefit the local people. Along with this, it will help in unlocking the tourism potential of the city.

CM Dhami, while expressing gratitude for recommending the opening of ECHS center for ex-servicemen and their dependents in district Rudraprayag, requested to open a CSD canteen for ex-servicemen and their dependents in the premises of this ECHS polyclinic. . The CM requested to transfer 4 acres of NRTO land for the expansion of Jolly Grant Airport. The state government is ready to provide alternative land to NRTO.

The Chief Minister requested the Union Defense Minister to allow the State Government to use Joshimath and Dharchula Army helipads for operating Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) services. The Chief Minister has made available on lease by the Uttarakhand Sub Area in Dehradun Cantonment Complex Garhi Cantt, on the land provided on lease, about one of B-3 Defense located in the Cantonment, as an alternative due to the evacuation of the sub-office being operated under a temporary arrangement. It was also requested to consider shifting the sub-panel office on acres of land. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh assured Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of all possible cooperation.