New Delhi: Gurnam Singh, leader of the Indian Farmers Union (Haryana), has said that the protesters plan to spend the night at the border and the march will start again the next morning. Traffic was jammed near the Delhi border. Because, the police started checking the vehicles coming from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Metro services between Delhi and NCR were also suspended.
When the Delhi Police intensified its vehicle investigation regarding the farmers’ demonstration, there was a heavy traffic jam at the borders
People coming to the national capital from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh faced heavy traffic jams at many border crossings. Because, in the wake of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march of the farmers of Punjab against the agricultural laws of the Central Government, on Thursday, the Delhi Police intensified the vehicle investigation. The march of Punjab farmers is about to reach Delhi through five highways.
Stopped Medha Patkar from going to the border of Uttar Pradesh
Social activist Medha Patkar, who was going to take part in a protest in Delhi against the central agricultural laws, was stopped from going to the Uttar Pradesh border on Thursday. Patkar and his supporters sat on the Mumbai-Agra National Highway. This stopped traffic. According to Dhaulpur District Collector RK Jaiswal, social activist Medha Patkar, who was on her way to Delhi from Maharashtra, along with 400 of her supporters, has been sitting on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway near Baritha Chowki on the Rajasthan border since Thursday morning. Is. He has not been allowed to go to Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, a long queue of vehicles was formed on the national highway due to protests and demonstrations by farmers.
Breaking the barrier, thousands of farmers marched on foot, the police retreated
Farmer’s camping for the Delhi march on the border with Data Singh raided and crossed the barricades set up by the district administration on foot. During this time, the police used water cannons, then the agitating farmers started throwing stones. Seeing the situation deteriorating, the police force retreated. During this time, the protesters also vandalized government vehicles. At present, the district administration is keeping an eye on the situation. Due to the call of farmers to march to Delhi, the district administration has sealed the border with Data Singh connecting Punjab. The farmers raided the border and entered Haryana on foot and with sticks.