Four Hisar villages plan to defy lockdown, will keep shops open
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Four Hisar villages plan to defy lockdown, will keep shops open
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HISAR: After Masoodpur village, residents of Data, Umra, Majad and Majra villages have also announced their decision to defy lockdown norms. They have decided not to implement lockdown restrictions in the village and not to allow administrative officials to enter. Villagers said when the chief minister visited Hisar, police lathi-charged farmers and registered a case against them. Now, they said, all shops in the village would remain open as before, so that the administration take their struggle against farm bills seriously.. Pawan Kumar, sarpanch representative of Umra village of Hisar, said a meeting of the village committee was held on Thursday in violation of lockdown norms. Sarpanch representative of Majad village, Satyavan said he was ill and could not attend the panchayat meeting but villagers had collectively decided to violate lockdown norms on the lines of Masoodpur village. Residents of Masoodpur decided to defy the lockdown after holding a meeting on Tuesday, after which Hansi district police conducted a flag march in several villages, including Masoodpur on Wednesday. At the sight of police vehicles, a number of residents of Data village, besides Masoodpur, came out of the house and gathered at the bus stand.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-05-21
Coverage
Gurgaon