CHANNU MISHAP -- Ban overloaded vehicles: Villagers

CHANNU MISHAP

Ban overloaded vehicles: Villagers

Valtoha visits mishap victim’s kin in Ferozepur

• Tarn Taran: Chief Parliamentary Secretary Virsa Singh Valtoha and leaders of other political parties on Friday visited the family of the Dalit girl reportedly crushed under a SAD leader’s bus near Makhu (Ferozepur) on Thursday. They expressed their sympathies with the family. — OC

An overloaded tractor-trolley at Channu village in Muktsar district. Tribune photo

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Channu (Lambi), December 18

In the wake of Dalit girl Arshdeep’s death, the residents of Channu village demanded a ban on overloaded vehicles entering the village. They alleged the overloaded tractor-trolleys plying on the Gidderbaha-Lambi road belonged to a bio mass plant set up by Badal family’s relatives.

“Arshdeep died as the bus was trying to overtake an overloaded tractor-trolley. Since the trolley blocked the road, the bus driver drove off the road to overtake it. It then hit the girl, resulting in her death,” said Ranjit Singh of Channu village.

He further said, “If the bus driver is responsible for the death of Arshdeep, then so is the tractor-trolley driver. Overloaded vehicles pose a serious threat to villagers. The administration has failed to take action against the culprits.”

Dimpy visits victim’s family

A week after 12-year-old Dalit girl Arshdeep Kaur was reportedly mowed down by SAD leader Hardeep Singh ‘Dimpy’ Dhillon’s bus, Dimpy today met the victim’s family.

Expressing sympathies with them, Dimpy said, “I sincerely feel for the deceased girl’s family.”

Courtesy: The Tribune