Tewari speaks up for Baddowal residents - Says ammo depot impeding development
Tuesday, 24/07/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120724/punjab.htm#15
Defence Minister AK Antony will set up a committee to look into “rationalising the security parameters” around the ammunition depot in Baddowal for hassle-free development of surrounding villages, a press note issued by Ludhiana Congress MP Manish Tewari said.
Tewari said the minister had also assured him that he would sort out the issue of one rank, one pension and introduce parity in the pension of emergency commissioned officers during the 1962 and 1964 wars. "These assurances were made by the Defence Minister in Delhi yesterday to a delegation of ex-servicemen who met him for settling various long-pending demands."
Tewari said the ammunition depot had virtually halted development in the surrounding villages with construction banned within a radius of 1,000 yards of the depot.
The Ludhiana MP also insisted on shifting the firing range in the Sidhwan Khurd area as it was causing physical and mental discomfort to the residents.
