Cemented Barricades To Roads Studded With Nails: Police Make Arrangements To Stop Protesting Farmers
No major road is now open for movement of vehicles and people, which is proving to be a growing problem for many passing the stretch. Twitter/Rahul Gandhi Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-02T12:11:20+05:30 Cemented Barricades To Roads Studded With Nails: Police Make Arrangements To Stop Protesting Farmers outlookindia.com 2021-02-02T12:14:32+05:30
The police have made special security arrangements at the Delhi-UP border site which is galvanising farmers from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand days after an emotional appeal by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait.
Security at the Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border has been tightened in view of ongoing farmers protest at the borders of the national capital against the Centre s three farm laws. The Delhi Police blocked roads near Akshardham and vehicular movement has been restricted between Delhi and Ghaziabad on National Highway-24. The protest at the Ghazipur border entered its 66th day on Monday. Security has been beefed up as farmers continue to reach make their way to the protest site for the past two to three days. Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws: Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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Delhi Traffic Police has also issued an advisory.
Thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur at Delhi-UP border.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday (February 1) closed the entry and exit gates of at least four metro stations on the Green Line as the farmers agitation intensified against the Centre’s agriculture laws. The stations which have been closed by the DMRC are - Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma and Tikri Border.
Thousands of farmers have been converging at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border following a tearful Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal to protesters to bolster the stir.
Will Protest Till. : More Farmers Join Protesters At Delhi-UP Border Will Protest Till. : More Farmers Join Protesters At Delhi-UP Border Farmers Protest: People arriving at Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri border points even as security has been beefed in these areas.
Farmers Protest in Delhi: Some people have come from as far as Mainpuri in western Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi:
The stream of farmers heading for various protest points along Delhi s borders remained incessant today on the 67th day of the massive protest against three Central farm laws. The agitation has only intensified over the past few days, particularly since the Republic Day violence in the national capital a few days ago.
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03:37 AM IST: Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway early on Friday, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site.
A confrontation was building up at the UP Gate in Ghazipur even as frequent power cuts were witnessed in the evening at the protest site, where BKU members, led by Rakesh Tikait, are staying put since November 28.
In a post-midnight review of situation, Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani visited the protest site even as hundreds of security personnel in anti-riot gears were deployed since Thursday.