Sikh sarpanch cuts beard to protest water woes in Punjab
Harbhajan Singh, Sarpanch of Bahona village in Punjab's Moga district, snipped off his beard and hung it on the door of the Deputy Commissioner's office after the latter failed to fulfill his promise to restore water supply. The power connection of the tubewell that supplies water had been cut over non-payment of bills amounting to â¹16 lakh by the panchayat.