The Deputy Commissioners of Fazilka and Sri Ganganagar held a meeting
Officials of police, tax and excise department were also present
Fazilka, March 23 (Punjab khabarnama) : A joint meeting of Fazilka, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts was held here today to coordinate efforts at the inter-state level to prevent the movement of criminals, drugs and money to neighboring states during the Lok Sabha elections. Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Dr Senu Duggal presided over this meeting. District Collector of Sri GangaNagar Lok Bandu, SP Sri Ganga Nagar Gaurav Yadav besides senior officials of Fazilka and Hanumangarh districts were present in this meeting.
On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Senu Duggal said that the purpose of this meeting is to prevent anti-social elements from influencing the elections. He said that it is necessary that there should be better coordination between Police Excise and other departments. He said that to prevent the inter-state flow of anti-social elements, the border of Punjab and Rajasthan is being blockaded and this blockade will be under the surveillance of CCTV cameras. 24 checkpoints are being installed on the border. Apart from this, movement of liquor and other drugs from one state to another will also be strictly prohibited.
District Collector of Ganga Nagar Shri Lok Badhu said that 48 km boundary of Ganga Nagar district and 18 km boundary of Hanumangarh border with Punjab and anti-social elements will not be allowed to come from here to each other state. He emphasized the need for sharing information among themselves and said that with interaction it becomes very easy to root out bad elements.
Bikaner IG Shri Om Prakash also joined in this meeting through video conference and he said that there will be better coordination between the two districts from Chowki level to SSP level then there will be no problem in conducting peaceful elections.
SP Ganga Nagar Mr. Gaurav Yadav said that along with the blockade, the police of the two states will also conduct joint operations against anti-social elements and exchange information with each other. The Excise Department said that they will also inform each other regarding the movement of Permitsudha Liquor and if there is any information about illegal smuggling, it will also be shared between them.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Development of Fazilka Mr. Amarinder Singh Malhi, SDM Abohar Mr. Pankaj Bansal, SDM Fazilka Mr. Vipan Kumar, SDM Jalalabad Mr. Balkaran Singh, SP (Operation) Fazilka Mr. Karanveer Singh, SDM Sangria Rakesh Kumar Meena were also present on this occasion.
