New Delhi:The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's stand on a PIL seeking proper connectivity to eight villages in Punjab which are fenced in between the international border with Pakistan and the rivers Ravi and Ujj.
The PIL has said that the villages, having a population of around 5,000 people, are presently connected to the rest of the state through two temporary pontoon bridges which are removed during monsoons to prevent them from floating away.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the counsel for the central government to take instructions on the issue raised in the petition which has alleged the state was not building bridges to connect the villages despite approval for it from the Union Transport Ministry.