Hardships of SCB residents finally ended: Rajasekhar Reddy

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)’s fight to provide relief to Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) residents has yielded positive results, with the Centre finally deciding to reopen the SCB roads that had been closed for the last decade, BRS party Malkajgiri Parliament Constituency in-charge Marri Rajasekhar Reddy said on Monday.

Rajasekhar Reddy said the Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD), KT Rama Rao, wrote several letters to the Centre highlighting the commuting difficulties faced by Secunderabad Cantonment residents due to the closed roads in SCB.

Reddy also pointed out that approximately four lakh people were inconvenienced because important SCB roads were closed to the public. “Finally, the hardships of the residents have ended. Secunderabad Cantonments Citizens Welfare Association (SCCiWA) under the leadership of Reddy, also wrote several letters to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) seeking the reopening of the roads,” he said.

The Malkajgiri Parliament Constituency in-charge of the BRS party stated that he, along with local residents and other party leaders from Medchal-Malkajgiri, was repeatedly fighting for residents of the Cantonment area.

“The postcard movement along with candle light rallies and efforts of Labour Minister Ch Malla Reddy and other local MLAs, who had joined the fight to reopen the closed SCB roads, played a big role in pressuring the Centre and in the end yielded positive results,” he said.

The MoD had ordered the reopening of five SCB roads that had been closed for years, including Protenee Road, Byam Road, Richardson Road, Ammuguda Road, and Albain Road. The Local Military Authority demolished the blockades built on them to restrict public movement in response to the order.