Efforts on to reopen Singhu, Tikri: Haryana CM Khattar
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Efforts on to reopen Singhu, Tikri: Haryana CM Khattar
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Residents of over 20 villages around the Singhu and Tikri borders adjoining Delhi today met CM Manohar Lal Khattar and apprised him of the problems being faced by them due to the closed border roads.Plaints of 20 villagesThe government, in a press statement, said Khattar told them that they were making every possible effort to reopen the borders while maintaining law and order.Under the leadership of Nationalist Parivartan Manch president Hemant Nandal, the villagers handed over a memorandum to the CM, seeking the opening of the roads at the earliest.The CM said the state intended to open the roads by maintaining peace. Today itself, the SC has asked the SKM to be made a party in the petition for reopening the blocked border roads, he said.Khattar said he was also worried about the loss being caused to the traders due to the closure of the roads. He said to fix the link roads passing via villages, work would be done on a priority basis by giving orders to the departments concerned. — TNS
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2021-10-01
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Chandigarh