Illegal barbed wire fences cause for concern in Abohar

Our Correspondent

Abohar, January 9

Barbed wire fencing installed by locals defying the ban in various villages often results in injuries to animals and human beings. Three residents of Patrewala village got injured due to the barbed wire on January 8.

Nand Kishore Bhobharia, district chief, Akhil Bhartiya Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha, urged the administration to remove illegal fencing at the earliest. He said three persons—Rajinder, Jaswant Singh and Naresh—were heading from Patrewala to Churiwala Dhanna village when their motorcycle crashed into the barbed fencing. A couple of days ago, a cyclist was hurt grievously, said Bhobharia.

He said that the district administration has banned the installation and sale of concertina wire in the area, yet people were fearlessly putting these around their fields, which proves dangerous for animals and humans.

Abohar-based traders openly sell barbed wire fencing, he said. “We have urged the administration numrous times in the past two years to remove illegally installed barbed wire fencing. We also had meetings with officials concerned, but no action has been taken by them so far. The Forest and WildLife Department had once removed the barbed fencing in a few villages, which were a part of open wild life sanctuary,” said Bhobharia.