Sanjha Morcha

Karnal border sealed, people take canal route to commute

Karnal border sealed, people take canal route to commute

Tribune News Service

Karnal, March 26

Despite the police being deployed on main roads, locals were seen commuting via dry canal route to avoid action on the second day of the 21-day-long lockdown.

After the lockdown, the district police have sealed the boundaries of the district and are not allowing people to enter into the city as well as the district. The police have installed nakas on Kaithal Road as well as Kachwa Road, but the residents of nearby areas traced new paths to commute between city and villages. They are using dry canal near Kaithal Road as a passage to commute.

“I wanted to enter into the city from the Kaithal road side for getting the cylinder refilled, but I was not allowed by the police, so I had no option but to pass through the canal,” said a resident of nearby village.

Another resident said the police barricades had forced them to use this passage.

No entry, exit in Jind’s Kandela village

The gram panchayat of Kandela village in Jind district too has decided to seal its borders for outsiders. The village panchayat has formed a committee comprising the sarpanch, panches and some youths who will ensure the lockdown. Outsiders will be allowed only after sanitisation at the entrance of the village, the direction from the gram panchayat reads.