Hyderabad: A month after the Union ministry of defence on May 20 ordered reopening of roads in all cantonment, the Local Military Authority (LMA) has not yet implemented the orders. As many as 14 roads are still closed in SCB, affecting 20 lakh residents.
The LMA has to send a review report regarding road closures to the ministry by June 25. The proposed joint survey by the LMA and elected representatives never took place. Residents asked how the LMA would send the report without opening all roads.
Mr C.S. Chandrashekar, secretary of the Federation of North Eastern Colonies of Secunderabad, said, “We want all our public roads to be reopened. We request the SCB to implement the ministry of defence and Army Headquarters orders in true spirit.”
A representation given to Hyderabad district collector Dr Yogita Rana by Open Secunderabad Cantonment All Roads states: “There is a growing apprehension among civilians that grounds are being prepared to keep roads closed on some pretext or the other, and furnish wrong statistics to MoD. This must be prevented at all costs.”
