DC Rakesh Kanwar (extreme right) inspects the land with the Army officers in Solan on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Solan, January 20

The Solan Municipal Committee (MC) may soon get a stretch of 2,367 sq m of defence land at the old bus stand by exchanging about 2,400 sq mt of its land at the Kather bypass with the defence authorities. This will pave the way for the construction of new parking lots for taxis and local buses besides a shopping complex.A meeting to work out its nitty-gritty was convened today by Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kanwar where Col Omvir Pawar represented the defence authorities. Executive Officer, local MC, BR Negi; ADM Sandip Negi and revenue officials were also present on the occasion.The officials also visited the site and inspected various crucial issues, including location of the new sentry gate on the Kather bypass. A meeting will now be convened with the officials of the national highways on Monday. Since a large portion of the bypass was slated to be included in the ongoing four-laning work, it will be ensured that the location of the sentry gate did not fell in the purview of the four-laning.The MC had earlier constructed a road to facilitate the movement of Army vehicles into their area. The movement of heavy Army vehicles from the busy Mall Road often created peril both for the Army as well as civilians.