Air of expectation in SCB over MPs’ panel visit

Citizens hope some pending issues, including road closure, may come up for discussion

The scheduled visit of the 27-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence to Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has led to heightened expectations from among the citizens living in civilian colonies within and adjoining areas about a final resolution to the vexatious roads closure by the local military authorities on Wednesday. The committee consisting of members from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha has also former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, but it is not yet known if he will be coming but Malkajgiri MP and local Pradesh Congress Committee president Revanth Reddy is expected to participate in the meeting with the Army as well as SCB officials on Thursday. While the MP’s main programme is to visit the BDL facilities here, there is hope among citizens about at least some pending issues coming up for discussion and these include the land barter for development of State highways passing through the Cantonment.