Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi has sought from the Centre the redressal of grievances of people living in the border area.
He submitted a memorandum in this regard to Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday who dedicated 280 feet-long historic bridge at Hussainiwala to the nation in Ferozepur.
Sodhi said he had demanded that the compensation amount to the farmers, having land outside the barbed wire fence in the border area, should be increased to Rs 20,000.
Besides, the Army should issue no objection certificate to farmers for electricity connections to operate the tube-wells for better maintenance of their crops.
The ownership rights should be given to the poor farmers who cultivate the land outside the barbed wire fence, he sought.
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Sodhi said that he also apprised the Union minister regarding the problems being faced by the people of the cantonment area.
The permission should be granted to repair the buildings in the cantonment area which are in a dilapidated condition. The Cantonment Act, 2006 must be suitably amended to ensure that there is no interference of the Army in the civil area, he said in a release here.
The lease of the properties which have expired must be renewed and the policy for making these freehold should be made. The public representatives must be involved while making the land policy.
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