Uk_Bh-08_Dehradun_Nager_Nigam_Story_19-20-27

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1/9/2025

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00:00easy-going. Does this reflect the unplanned growth that we are talking about?

00:06Absolutely. I feel that since the construction of Nagarnikam, its responsibility has increased a lot.

00:11But Nagarnikam was not able to fulfill that responsibility.

00:14You see, all the middle-level cities in India, like Indore and Ahmedabad,

00:20which have grown in this way,

00:22all the Nagarnikams there, a heritage cell was built everywhere.

00:27They have preserved their history, their green spaces.

00:31Dehradun was very prosperous in that regard.

00:35There were a lot of green spaces here, a lot of historical places.

00:39But we were not able to save them anywhere.

00:42I feel that the entire responsibility of Nagarnikam is to clean the gutters,

00:50to give licenses to the dogs, to recover the houses.

00:57Its work has been limited to that extent.

01:00So, it is not that only the budget and money can do the work.

01:05In today's time, no one can say that we are a government body,

01:10a statutory body, but we do not have money.

01:13All the corporates, all the government institutions here,

01:17you include them in it.

01:21Include the citizens in it.

01:23Keep volunteers in every neighborhood, in every ward.

01:27So, they will work on their own.

01:30And join the other institutions as well.

01:33There, somewhere, I feel, Nagarnikam of Dehradun failed,

01:39which is why we are seeing this kind of growth.

01:43Sir, once again, we are standing on the threshold of elections.

01:46And once again, the public's demand, the public's wish,

01:51they get a chance somewhere during the elections.

01:54And as a citizen of Dehradun,

01:57the way you worked, you understand the issues of Dehradun in detail.

02:00Do you think the public is aware of these issues?

02:04Or the public that has come here from outside,

02:08who are facing these issues?

02:10They have not seen the old Dehradun.

02:13So, what do you think, sir, how does the public think?

02:16I think there is a lack of public awareness.

02:20Because our leaders, who lead us,

02:24they also come from the public.

02:26So, the public does not demand that.

02:29That is why they do not do such things.

02:32But still, I believe,

02:34I come in contact with a lot of people every week.

02:38We also do a heritage walk on Sundays.

02:41About 100 people come.

02:43But I feel that the delivery of the city

02:48and the expectation of the public,

02:50there is a big gap in that.

02:52People want us to live in a clean environment.

02:58Cleanliness, greenery,

03:00our history, canals, our parks,

03:05they should be saved.

03:07But the focus of the city is something else.

03:09The focus of the city is civil works.

03:12That we should build roads,

03:14and then again...

03:15More focus on maintenance.

03:17Let me tell you,

03:18I was on the Dehradun Smart City Board.

03:21I was an independent director.

03:23So, I gave a small suggestion.

03:25That the people who save their heritage façade,

03:32the historical buildings,

03:35the old buildings,

03:36and they save that building,

03:38they should be given some leeway.

03:40But when that suggestion was implemented,

03:43it was implemented in such a way that

03:45if someone is building a new building,

03:47and he is building a heritage façade,

03:49he can build an extra floor.

03:51So, today, in Dehradun,

03:53all the commercial buildings,

03:55each one has a plastic wall,

03:58or a plywood wall,

03:59and they are taking an extra floor.

04:01So, in the files, in the bureaucracy,

04:06things change like this.

04:08And after that,

04:09instead of being beneficial,

04:10it becomes harmful.

04:12So, sir,

04:13if Dehradun Municipality is to be elected,

04:16what is the best suggestion you would like to give

04:18to the mayors here,

04:20or those who will be elected in different wards.

04:23So, what is the best suggestion you would like to give them,

04:26so that the form of Dehradun city

04:28can be brought back to some extent.

04:31First of all, I would like to suggest that

04:34the work style should be completely transparent.

04:37You should talk to the people of your ward,

04:39or the people of the entire city.

04:41You should talk to them.

04:43It should not be that

04:44after the project is implemented,

04:46you are talking to the people.

04:48So, this is often happening,

04:51that the government is building something,

04:53and then people are objecting,

04:55and then there is a fight.

04:57So, work with transparency.

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