Title - Rlys blocks passage, residents unhappy

Abohar: Reacting alegedly to the stir launched by the NGOs under the banner of “India against Corruption” (IAC) against the delay in making the Abohar-Fazilka rail link operational, the engineering wing of the railways here today blocked the passage to Nai Abadi by fixing iron girders. The staff also demolished the ramp used by cyclists, bikers and scooterists on both sides of the stairs. Earlier, the passage to Ram Nagar had been blocked.Condemning the action, the IAC and the Nai Abadi Welfare Committee said thousands of people had been using the passage known as “Chhoti pauri wala rasta” since 1947. The railways had provided footbridge but never tried to repair it.