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Ludhiana, October 27
Members of the Public Action Committee for Sutlej and Mattewara Forest staged a peaceful protest to save water bodies and forests on Ferozepur Road here during Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s visit to the city today.
They were holding posters displaying slogans to save the Sutlej, Mattewara Forest and the Buddha Nullah when the CM’s convoy was moving towards Kingsville Resorts, the venue for the Progressive Punjab Investors’ Summit-2021.
Two members of the PAC blamed the police for not allowing to meet the Chief Minister after they were forced to wait in a school. They alleged that they were detained. A PAC member, Jaskirat Singh, said: “We staged a peaceful protest around 2 km away from the venue where the CM had to visit. After the CM’s convoy passed through the road, a police officer came to us. After an enquiry, he went away. Later, we got a call from the officer hat he can allow two of our members to meet the Chief Minister at the helipad. When I and Dr Amandeep Singh Bains reached outside the venue, we were asked to wait in a nearby school. Later, the police closed the school gate and we were not allowed to go out till the CM left in a helicopter. We were detained by the police.”
Dr Amandeep Singh Bains said: “We wanted to request the CM to cancel the modern industrial park project as it should not be set up in an eco-sensitive zone. The police did not allow us to go out of the school to meet the CM. Actually, we were detained in a clever manner.”
The PAC members had earlier also sent a mail to the Chief Minister and all Cabinet ministers, demanding protection of our air, water, environment and health of Punjabis as an integral part of being progressive. DSP Sandeep Wadhera said nobody was detained by the police.
He said: “We had told the PAC members that they can meet the CM at the helipad as representatives of other organisations had also wanted to meet him. We did not detain anyone.”
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