Ferozepur, Aug. 12 -- The row over the proposed 31-km Ditch-cum-Bundh (DCB) project along the India-Pakistan border in Fazilka district reached Punjab Lok Bhavan on Wednesday, with governor Gulab Chand Kataria assuring protesting farmers that their concerns would be re-examined, while maintaining that national security could not be compromised. A delegation of the Bann Roko Chardi Kala Sangharsh Morcha, led by Fazilka-based social worker Karan Gilhotra, met Kataria and submitted a memorandum raising concerns over the proposed defence embankment being built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Kataria assured the delegation that an army technical team would visit the site to assess the project and examine its technical aspects. Its report would be considered before any further action, while the matter would also be reviewed by a technical committee comprising farmers' representatives, according to the delegation. Kataria also assured the delegation that he would take up their concerns with Union home minister Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh. The farmers alleged that the proposed project could affect fertile agricultural land across 18 border villages, besides disrupting the natural drainage system and increasing the risk of waterlogging and flooding during the monsoon. They also raised concerns about the accessibility and security of villages that could lie on the Pakistan-facing side of the proposed embankment....