YPS Chowk blockade: HC seeks status report from police

The Punjab and Haryana excessive courtroom docket on Friday directed police to put up a standing document at the blockade at YPS Chowk close to the Chandigarh-Mohali border, in which the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha has been protesting considering the fact that January 7 for launch of Sikh prisoners. The excessive courtroom docket bench of justice AG Masih and justice Gurbir Singh acted at the plea from NGO ArriveSAFE, looking for elimination of protesters from the web website online.

As a part of the protest, the morcha organisers have absolutely blocked the principal visitors lifeline with the aid of using pitching tents and stationing vehicles, hitting inter-town motion of visitors. The plea comes per week after the excessive courtroom docket on March four had ordered elimination of Haryana sarpanches who had blocked the essential Chandigarh-Panchkula street close to the Chandigarh Housing Board Chowk.

Panchkula police and district management had eliminated the protesters hours after the HC order that had additionally requested the deputy commissioner and Haryana domestic secretary to apprise the courtroom docket of steps to be taken to save you such disruption with the aid of using protests. Lawyers related to the plea towards the YPS Chowk blockade stated Punjab and Chandigarh police were informed to apprise the courtroom docket with the aid of using March 22 of the stairs taken and to be taken for elimination of the protesters. The distinctive order is awaited.

In the plea, NGO ArriveSAFE has contended that citizens and commuters have been going through useless harassment due to the protest. The protesters, supporters and employees may also take pleasure in lawlessness, inflicting a risk to the general public with no consideration for public health, public morality, public peace. Additionally, the protesters may also purpose visitors chaos ensuing in street injuries and violate the proper to unfastened motion of the residents of India, the plea says. Not most effective each day commuters, the plea says, for the duration of examinations, achieving the exam centre earlier than time is a huge fear for students…that is hampering their studies.

Sector 52/fifty three dividing street to be reopened for visitors

A week after the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha lifted its each day sit-in from the Sector 52/fifty three dividing street close to the Chandigarh-Mohali border, police have determined to reopen the course for visitors. On Friday, newly appointed Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur held a assembly together along with her Mohali counterpart, Sandeep Garg, to speak about the difficulty of clearing blockades from the 2 Chandigarh-Mohali roads, such as YPS Chowk and Sector 52/fifty three dividing street.

In the assembly, it changed into determined to first open the Sector 52/fifty three dividing street that had witnessed violence on February eight after Sikh activists clashed with police forces, leaving as a minimum 33 employees injured. On March 2, the morcha had determined now no longer to ship its delegation to the web website online until March 31, following guarantee from the Punjab authorities that they may be making ready to provide Jagtar Singh Hawara earlier than courtroom docket after bringing him from Delhi`s Tihar jail. Mohali SSP Sandeep Garg stated, “We have already eliminated the barricades from Mohali end. Discussions have been held with the Chandigarh SSP to reopen the stretch for commuters.”