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The long-pending request to excise civilian areas from the Secunderabad Cantonment and merge them with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has received caller momentum aft President Droupadi Murmu formally took cognisance of the substance and referred it to the Ministry of Defence for action.
The accusation was communicated successful a missive by the President’s Secretariat to Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Sri Ganesh Narayanan. “Kindly notation to your missive dated February 1 addressed to the President of India. The said missive has been forwarded to the Defence Secretary to the Government of India for due attention,” the missive said.
In his representation, the MLA flagged delays successful implementing a Central authorities argumentation approved much than 4 years agone to restructure cantonment administration. He besides drew attraction to the fiscal strain connected civic services successful the cantonment, alleging that unpaid work charges amounting to ₹1,200 crore are owed by the Central authorities to the Secunderabad Cantonment Board.
The contented has gained prominence pursuing an eight-day hunger onslaught led by the MLA from January 20 to January 27 against the continuation of a nominated setup successful the cantonment board. The protestation saw information from residents who person been demanding the restoration of elected section governance and the integration of civilian areas with the city’s municipality medication nether the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
“For excessively long, 4 lakh residents of Secunderabad Cantonment person lived successful a antiauthoritarian shortage without elected section representation. By forwarding the contented to the Defence Secretary, the President’s bureau had validated the residents’ struggle. We besides request a time-bound gazette notification to alteration cantonment residents to enactment successful the upcoming GHMC elections,” said Mr. Sri Ganesh.
