Open alternative routes to Delhi, Anil Vij tells officials

Chandigarh, September 22

Home Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday directed officials to immediately open alternative routes in Sonepat and Jhajjar districts towards Delhi as the Singhu and Tikri borders remain closed due to the farmers’ protest.

He asked them to start repairs on these roads so that people do not face any problem while commuting to Delhi on these routes from Haryana, an official statement said.

Keeping in mind the inconvenience faced by the people due to the closure of the main roads on the highway by the agitating farmers, all alternative routes will have to be opened and repaired at the earliest, and work in this regard would start soon, the minister added. He said repairs and filling of potholes on the roads being used by the people going to Delhi should be started from Thursday.

BKU chief Gurnam Singh Charuni, addressing a gathering in Kurukshetra district today, said the farmers sitting at the Delhi borders won’t budge till the three contentious laws were repealed.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been sitting at Delhi’s borders for nearly 10 months demanding the repeal of the laws.

At the meeting with officials, Vij said Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation roads are the main alternative routes from Sonepat to Delhi, and they should be repaired at the earliest. — TNS