Dehradun: In view of the burden of the increasing population in the capital Dehradun, the Pushkar Singh Dhami government of Uttarakhand is working on a plan to establish a new city. For this, the tea garden located in Arcadia of Dehradun has also been selected to set up a new city. In Arcadia, the government has conducted a survey through the US agency McKenzie under the plan to make New Dehradun Twin City. However, voices of opposition have also started rising regarding this.
Local people say that the entire greenery has already been destroyed by Dehradun, now we will not let this little part left to be destroyed. At the same time, people say that tea garden is the means of their livelihood and they have been living through it for a long time, so they will oppose any such plan.
Let us tell you that even before this in 2016, the then-state government had given the option of tea garden land for Smart City. There was a lot of opposition to the government’s plan to develop a smart city here as a greenfield city. From environmentalists to all social organizations had protested against this.
People protesting said that setting up a new city here would destroy the greenery and these tea gardens are the identity of Dehradun. All kinds of questions were raised regarding the interests of the tea garden workers and the land of the garden. There were a large number of protests.
Although the government submitted the proposal for the green field, the center rejected the state government’s proposal for the smart city in the green field. Later, 23 cities including Dehradun were given an additional chance to submit revised projects.
Please tell us that 719.7 hectares of tea garden land have been selected for this. The Uttarakhand government will provide all the facilities on the land where the twin city will be built with private participation. According to a state-of-the-art city, the government will provide all the necessary infrastructure from roads, electricity, and water here.
