BIJNOR:
Bijnor MP
Bhartendra Singh on Tuesday said that the district would soon be part of the
national capital region (
NCR).
"I recently met finance minister
Arun Jaitley and he discussed the Centre’s plan of development of all areas in Uttar Pradesh. He assured me that Bijnor will be included in the NCR soon,” said the BJP MP. Singh added that he would also meet CM
Yogi Adityanath and discuss the issue.
The district has been long been fighting for a position in NCR.
In 2015, a committee was formed to fight the district’s cause.
"The authorities which regulate the inclusion in NCR had ignored our district two years ago as the SP government had not proposed our name for the inclusion. Now, we will meet the new CM and union minister Venkaiah Naidu ove rthe issue. Hopefully, things will work out soon," said Mayank Mayur, a member of the NCR Sangharsh committee.