Tewari seeks CM’s intervention to address army’s concerns over land
LAND ALLOTTED FOR PROPOSED CENTRE IS IN LOW-LYING AREA, AFFECTED BY DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENTS FROM NEARBY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
RUPNAGAR: Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari has sought chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s intervention to address concerns of the army regarding the land allotted for construction of its proposed selection centre (north) in Rupnagar.
Tewari had earlier written a letter to defence minister Rajnath Singh regarding non-construction of the selection centre on the 203-acre land allotted in April 2012 by the previous SAD-BJP government near the campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar.
In his reply to Tewari recently, Rajnath stated that the construction could not be carried out as the land allotted for the centre is in a low-lying area, affected by disposal of effluents from a nearby sewage treatment plant (STP).
The minister also stated that the location of the land is “administratively challenging both for candidates and the selection centre due to issues of connectivity and non-availability of a military hospital (in the area)”.
The army’s selection centre (north) is currently being run from an interim location in
Kapurthala.
Talking to HT, Tewari said he has written a letter to the CM urging him to address the concerns of the army as the selection centre would be an important “economic multiplier” for the region.
He has also suggested that if the army is no longer interested in setting up the selection centre in Rupnagar, the land should be offered for setting up a second All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state.