Protesters arrive near Pragati Maidan area from Ghazipur border, move towards central Delhi. (Photo: ANI)
NEW DELHI: Traffic was affected in several parts of the national capital on Tuesday due to the ongoing farmers tractor rally. The Delhi Traffic Police took to Twitter to give information about the situation. Traffic movement is closed from Kapashera Chowk to Bijwasan Road. Diversion is given from Kapashera Border & Samalkha T Point. Traffic movement is closed from Dwarka More to Uttam Nagar East Metro Station. Diversion is given from Dwarka More, the traffic police tweeted.
Traffic Alert1. Traffic movement is closed from Kapashera Chowk to Bijwasan Road. Diversion is given from Kapashe… https://t.co/wuwuCPl85L Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) 1611651656000
Farmers broke pre-decided conditions for tractor rally, many personnel have been injured, Delhi Police said. Delhi Police fire tear gas shells towards protesting farmer as they march to the capital breaking police barricades during India s Republic Day | Photo Credit: AP
New Delhi: Protesting farmers, who took out tractor rally in Delhi, violated conditions agreed for the rally and went off the designated routes and laid siege to the Red Fort and climbed the flagpole on Republic Day on Tuesday. Later, the Delhi Police removed protesting farmers from the iconic monument. A protesting farmer died at ITO after his tractor overturned during the tractor parade. The police had given permission to the Kisans protesting against the three new farm laws to hold their tractor parade on selected routes only after the official Republic Day parade on the Rajpath concludes.
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Entry and exit gates of at least 20 metro stations were closed
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Entry and exit gates of at least 20 metro stations were closed
As chaos ensued at several parts of the Capital due to protesting farmers breaking barricades and steering away from the pre-decided route of their tractor rally, Internet was suspended in several areas and over twenty entry and exit gates of the Delhi Metro were closed as a precautionary measure.
The Delhi Traffic Police curtailed the entry of vehicles into the city as well as parts of central Delhi, causing major traffic jams.
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Traffic went haywire on national capital roads on Tuesday as the tractor parade taken out by farmers spilled into many parts of the city and reached Central Delhi s ITO and Red Fort areas despite police raising barricades and checkpoints at multiple places. Wielding sticks and clubs and holding the tricolour and union flags, tens of thousands of farmers atop tractors broke barriers, clashed with police and entered Delhi from various points to lay siege to the Red Fort and climb the flagpole on Republic Day. The traffic on the city roads, though thin due to the Republic Day holiday, was thrown completely out of gear with hordes of protesting farmers deviating from the pre-designed rally routes and driving their tractors towards Delhi from Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur and other border points.