ADGP inspects bandobast on Punjab border

Nitish Sharma

Tribune News Service

Ambala, February 21

Additional Director General of Police RC Mishra along with other police officials today visited Haryana-Punjab border here to check security arrangements in wake of the call given by the INLD to march towards Punjab to dig the SYL Canal on February 23.

He said, “We visited the border area from where the INLD has planned to take out its march, and spoke to Punjab Police officials, too, besides checking the arrangement on their behalf.”

The ADGP said a route map had been chalked out and vehicles plying on NH would be diverted through various routes. He said nine companies of Haryana Police would be deployed to maintain law and order.

As per the information, the traffic will be diverted through various routes from 8 am on February 23. As many as 10 nakas will be setup for this purpose. Vehicles coming from Kurukshetra on NH will be diverted from Mohra towards Jansui-head. While vehicles from Kingfisher, Baldev Nagar Chowk, Sultanpur Chowk, Sarsehri to Lohgarh T-point, Baldev Nagar police station point, Kalka Chowk and Manji Sahib Gurdwara will be diverted towards Chandigarh road, if they want to go Punjab. The traffic going towards Punjab from Hisar will be diverted through Nanyola.

Superintendent of Police Abhishek Jorwal appealed to the commuters to cooperate with the police.

Meanwhile, INLD leader Abhay Chautala also reached Ambala and assigned duties to INLD workers. He said we would fight for right as the Supreme Court had given its verdict in Haryana’s favour.

On the other hand, DGP (Punjab) Suresh Arora and several other senior officials of the Punjab Police visited the Shambhu barrier to check the preparedness.

Gobinder Singh, DSP, said security arrangements were in place and nobody would be allowed to enter Punjab.

The Punjab police have dug parts of the canal boundary to make sure that no one entered the state.

Deputy Commissioner Prabhjot Singh, said, “Two such pits were dug deliberately on Haryana’s side too by the Punjab police. These have been filled and the matter has been raised with the authorities concerned.”