Landing issue: CM helicopter takes off from ONGC helipad

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, February 21 

After the landing controversy at GTC helipad on Sunday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister TS Rawat used the ONGC helipad for his tour to Almora (Kumaon) today. 

Officials in the security of Chief Minister said on Tuesday that the state helicopter with Chief Minister on board landed and took off from the ONGC helipad. 

They said the GTC helipad area was locked and remained shut throughout the day. 

After holding a meeting with senior army officials yesterday, Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh said both sides seemed to have decided to resolve the issue amicably. “To prevent irritants of this nature, we have resolved to hold talks more often,” said Utpal Kumar Singh. However, he refused to divulge the nature of the talks yesterday but stressed “all issues were discussed in an amicable manner.” 

Further in the official statement on Tuesday, the Chief Minister’s office had said that the police had been asked to lodge an FIR in the Cantonment police station but inquiries at the Cantonment police station revealed that no case hadbeen registered so far. 

Indicating that after the initial alacrity displayed by the Chief Minister’s security staff, the government seems no longer in a mood to pursue the case any further.