Veer Chandra Garhwalirsquos kin asked to return land forest minister intervenes

Dehradun | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

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The land was given for 90 years and my family has submitted all the documents to the state forest department but even then we received an eviction notice.” We will also visit Lucknow and meet the CM to seek relief. He has many Uttarakhand government schemes and buildings named after him.The issue of eviction of Garhwali’s family had hogged limelight in Uttarakhand after the daughter-in-law of the military icon, Vimla Devi, threatened to approach Pakistan embassy to seek help in getting land across the border. Not only I will demand the withdrawal of the notice but also the waiving off the lease renewal fees for the family.”The minister added that Garhwali was the hero of Peshawar uprising in 1930 and a native of Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand. DEHRADUN: Forest minister Harak Singh Rawat on Wednesday came to the rescue of the distraught daughter-in-law of war hero Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali , who was last month asked to vacate the land gifted to them in 1975.Speaking with the media on the sidelines of the state assembly, Rawat said, “The matter has come to my notice and I have sought an appointment with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath..