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00:00After independence, things changed, people got the freedom to live, to buy land, and everyone tried to live in comfort.
00:15Since Dehradun is the most profitable city, how have things changed after independence?
00:24After independence, a lot of things remained the same.
00:29For example, there was an incident here.
00:33Many times, there are things in the history of a city that change its character.
00:38After independence, when ONGC came here, the character of the city changed a little.
00:45But, because there was a cantonment here, there was a big military presence,
00:50there were a lot of institutions like Survey of India, Forest Research Institute, Indian Military Academy.
00:57Because of these institutions, it remained a cosmopolitan city.
01:02People from all over the country came and settled here.
01:05But, mostly the same people used to live here.
01:07The retired people or the people who were on big posts, they could live here.
01:15So, until Uttarakhand was formed, it had the same character.
01:19But, after that, a lot of changes came.
01:21Sir, I am asking you about the upgradation of the Municipal Commission before independence.
01:33How was that and what changes came after that?
01:36After 1913, the chairman was elected here.
01:43After 1913, he became the chairman of the Municipal Council.
01:48What kind of things used to happen before that?
01:50Before that, there was a board.
01:52The board used to meet on its own and select one person.
01:55If there is any information from the members of the board?
01:58Yes, there were a lot of British people in the board.
02:02But, when the Municipal Council was formed, Anant Narayan Tanka was the first chairman.
02:14After that, there were a lot of people like Lala Ugrasen, who was a big boss here.
02:21There was Mahant Indresh Charandas, who was the Mahant of Guru Ram Raya Darbar.
02:28So, there were a lot of people like that.
02:31And, they took care of the chairmanship.
02:34And, gradually, this municipality was formed.
02:38Did any changes come after independence?
02:40Did any upgradation come in the administration of the Municipal Council after independence?
02:47Yes, after independence, this whole municipality was formed.
02:51But, when the Municipal Council is formed, the mayor is elected.
02:58So, this happened after the formation of the capital of Uttarakhand.
03:09So, we can say that after 1947, our state was formed.
03:14In 2000, our state was formed.
03:16So, from independence to the formation of the state, this municipality remained.
03:22But, of course, the wards kept increasing and there was a lot of growth in this.
03:28But, the municipality could not be formed.
03:31After the formation of the state in 2000, did any rapid changes come after that?
03:37There was a rapid change because this became a capital.
03:41And, it was very good that it grew.
03:44I always say that if something grows, it can grow in two ways.
03:49One, it can grow organically.
03:54And, the other is cancerous growth.
03:56Like, cancer grows.
03:58So, we see that kind of growth in Dehradun.
04:03Here, the planning was very less.
04:07And, the character of the city has changed a lot.
04:13For example, if your children ask you what does this road mean?
04:19Then, you will say East Canal Road.
04:21But, then they will ask where is the canal?
04:24Or, is it Eucalyptus Road or Canal Road?
04:27So, we have destroyed all those things.
04:31We have finished it.
04:33And, because of that, the character of the city has completely changed.
04:37So, now it does not look like the city where we spent our childhood.
04:42Sir, we are talking about unplanned growth.
04:44The reflection of this is that the municipal government
04:48whose job it is to clean the city
04:51or to provide the basic facilities,
04:57the life of a citizen...