SNE NETWORK.CHANDIGARH.
Due to the farmer’s protest at Shambhu border, vehicles going from Amritsar, Patiala, Mohali to Ambala and Delhi are passing through the temporary bridge built on the Ghaggar river in village Tiwana-Jhajon. Due to rain, the condition of this bridge has deteriorated.
Vehicle drivers are passing through this route risking their lives
The villagers have even placed big stones to prevent the drivers from going through this route, but the drivers are removing the stones and passing through this route risking their lives. The roads of Jand Mangoli and Ghanaur have also become soaked in mud due to rain, passing through there is also no less than a danger for the drivers.
Small temporary bridge built
Gurpreet Singh, Meghraj Tiwana of village Tiwana, Baga Singh of village Basman, Karnail Singh of village Jhajon, Charanjit Singh of village Chhadubad, Amar Singh of village Budhanpur told that the villagers had built a small temporary bridge to cross the Ghaggar river from where people of nearby villages used to come and go. Some drivers also used this route to avoid the toll of Shambhu border.
Continuous rain for 3 days
The villagers said that due to continuous rain for the last three days, the water level in Ghaggar has increased and the village’s kutcha road is also slippery. They have also appealed to the drivers of big vehicles not to take this route.
People of these villages have been using the temporary bridge
Students, businessmen, daily wage earners of Rajgarh, Mahmoodpur, Tepla, Basman, Sanjarpur, Bapraur, Nanheda, Gadapur Nandgarh and Ramnagar Saini villages adjacent to Shambhu border keep coming and going through this bridge but due to the farmers blocking the road, the people of the said village have become very upset and now their patience is failing.
People are taking 10-15 minutes to reach Ambala
People who used to reach Ambala in ten to fifteen minutes are now taking one and a half to two hours. Villagers say that recently Paramjeet Kaur of village Rajgarh suddenly fell ill. It was not possible to take the car through the temporary road, so her husband Pala Ram and son Vicky were taking her towards Ambala on a bike. She died on the way. Due to the road being long and unpaved, they could not reach the hospital on time. He appealed to the farmers to open at least one route to Ambala from the National Highway.