Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Uttarakhand government has reversed the decision of the State administration for not renewing the lease of a portion of land of the Saint Joseph Academy Dehradun. On the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the State chief secretary Radha Raturi held a meeting on Wednesday with secretary Housing, District Magistrate of Dehradun, Senior Superintendent of Police Dehradun and officers of Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) in the Secretariat on the land and parking issue of Saint Joseph Academy, Dehradun. In the meeting it was decided that the land will not be taken back from the school. The CS directed that St. Joseph Academy will make parking arrangements for the vehicles of students and parents within the school premises itself, so that the general public is spared from the problem of traffic congestion.
Raturi also directed the housing department to start the process of renewal of lease of the school.
It is pertinent to mention here that Saint Joseph Academy was granted a lease of 90 years for construction of school in the year 1934. In view of the problem of parking on the busy Rajpur road and areas near the State secretariat the housing department had taken a decision of not renewing lease of about 20 bighas out of total 86 bighas of the school land. The department intended to use this land for parking of vehicles. However this decision was reversed by the State government on Wednesday.
