The wedding procession of a Dalit IPS officer was taken out under police protection in rural Jaipur on Friday because of past cases of upper caste people opposing such events.
Rajasthan: Locals demand farmers vacate Shahjahanpur protest site; want Jaipur-Delhi highway cleared
Farmers sit-in protest at Shahjahanpur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border
Jaipur: After the violence during the tractor rally by farmers in Delhi on January 26, locals in Shahjahanpur on the Rajasthan-Haryana border have asked protesting farmers to vacate the Jaipur-Delhi national highway which they blocked for the past 50 days.
Thousands of farmers have been sitting in protest near Shahjahanpur on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway, demanding repeal of the Farm Laws. The farmers began the dharna on December 11 after being denied permission by the BJP government in Haryana to march to Delhi. The Congress government of Rajasthan has been backing the dharna with several Congress leaders visiting the protest site in a show of support.
Further promises of construction of multilevel parking in each sector by fixing the location with the consent of the general public were made. They vouched to make amendments in rules that will allow developmental work to happen at a faster pace.
“For connecting Chandigarh-Panchkula, new routes and new roads will be constructed. LEDs and solar lights will be installed in all villages and cities for better arrangement of street lights, railway station towards Panchkula will be modernised, adding facilities like food courts. Further improvement and empowerment of fire services in Panchkula will be undertaken, strengthening of rainwater drainage and better maintenance of sewerage system will be looked at, expansion of parking area in the markets and making multilevel parking as possible will be constructed,” Goyal vouched.