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- By Nidhi Giri
- Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:50 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Punjab: Jandpur village in Kharar sub-district has recently displayed boards, restricting the movement and behaviour of migrant workers residing in the area. The village, which is home to a few hundred migrants, has displayed boards listing 11 instructions that migrants must follow for their stay in the village. The diktat prohibits migrants from roaming in the village post 9 pm. Other guidelines include mandatory police verification of migrants, a ban on smoking cigarettes, chewing tobacco and betel leaf to curb spitting on village roads, and a requirement for house owners to provide dustbins when renting property to migrants.
The list also restricts accommodation of two or more people in a room, bans migrants from roaming around in half-attire, and holds house owners accountable if any migrant indulges in illegal activities or harms villagers.
Villagers have accused migrants, particularly those from UP and Bihar, of spitting on roads outside the village gurudwara, which they find disrespectful to their religion. The diktat has prompted some migrants to leave the village with several more likely to follow the move.
The area councillor, Govinder Singh Cheema, however stated that the rules are not meant to target migrants but will be applied across the board, including to villagers who create a ruckus at night after consuming alcohol.
However, after the Kharar police and senior administration officers intervened and questioned the villagers’ authority to impose such diktats, the villagers agreed to apply the rules equally to everyone.
Kharar DSP Karan Sandhu said that the police are ensuring peace and closely monitoring the developments in the village, as per a Hindustan Times report. This incident follows a similar case in Mundo Sangatiyan village, Mohali, where residents passed a resolution barring migrants from residing in their village, citing theft incidents allegedly involving migrant children.