Farmers’ Protest | Tractor rallies taken out on expressways surrounding Delhi
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January 07, 2021 21:45 IST
It’s a ‘dress rehearsal’ for a parallel parade planned for Republic Day, protesting farmers said
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It’s a ‘dress rehearsal’ for a parallel parade planned for Republic Day, protesting farmers said
Protesting farmers who took part in tractor rallies on the expressways surrounding Delhi on Thursday emphasised that it was only a “dress rehearsal” for the parallel parade that they plan to hold within the capital on Republic Day. They urged the Centre to accept their demands for repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for minimum support prices at Friday’s negotiations.
Farm stir: Tractor parade to hit traffic on Eastern Peripheral Expressway tomorrow, farmers to intensify stir
Farmers are set to organise a tractor parade on Eastern Peripheral Expressway on Thursday. Here s the expected route of the parade along with traffic diversion details:
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UPDATED: January 7, 2021 08:32 IST
Thousands of tractors are expected to participate in the rehearsal parade on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway on Thursday (PTI)
Tractor parade, organised on Thursday by farmers protesting against new agriculture laws, is going to hit traffic on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway used mostly by trucks to supply goods in and around Delhi-NCR.
The Eastern Peripheral Expressway also known as the Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal Expressway is a 135-km-long six-lane road stretch connecting Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
Farmers from Rajasthan, Haryana, to move towards Delhi on Sunday
With farmers having initially threatened to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway on Saturday, Gurgaon Police had already stepped up security measures along National Highway 48 (NH-48). December 13, 2020 3:49:02 am
Farmers protesting at Singhu border
Farmers from South Haryana and Rajasthan, who intend to join protestors in Delhi, will be gathering in Rajasthan by Saturday evening and moving towards the capital Sunday morning. Officials in Gurgaon and Nuh, parts of which fall along the Delhi-Jaipur expressway, have made elaborate arrangements to ensure law and order is maintained and traffic is not hindered.
According to farmer leaders involved in the protest, people from Haryana and Alwar will be gathering at the Shahjahanpur border in Rajasthan by Saturday night. “On Sunday, we will join people coming from the direction of Kotputli around 10 am and march with them towards Delhi,”
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Late Friday, a yellow college bus carrying around 70 farmers reached the border. Amarjeet Singh (50), a farmer and the bus driver, said it was a 10-hour journey from Amritsar, passing through Ludhiana, Karnal and Shahabad Updated: December 13, 2020 7:21:26 am
Farmers at the protest site near Singhu border in New Delhi.
At Singhu border on Saturday, a new truck or trolley kept arriving every few minutes hundreds of vehicles have been making their way from several Punjab districts, via different routes, so they are not stopped at state borders. By Sunday, over 1,500 vehicles are expected to make their way to the Delhi border.