Chakka jam today: Security tightened at border points near protest sites
India
Published: Saturday, February 6, 2021, 8:17 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 06: Security at the city s border points near the three protest sites have been tightened by deploying extra forces and putting up multi-layered barricades, barbed wires and nails studded on the roads ahead of the proposed chakka jam by farmers protesting the Centre s three agri laws, police said on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava also held a meeting with the senior officers of the force and reviewed the security arrangements.
The police will also be monitoring content on the social media to keep a watch on those spreading rumours against the force, officials said.
Ahead of Chakka Jam, farmer unions say they will not enter Delhi
India
Updated: Friday, February 5, 2021, 13:56 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 05: The farmer unions protesting against the farm laws announced that no protester will enter Delhi during the three hour nationwide highway blockade to be held tomorrow.
The announcement was made to avoid a repeat of the clashes that took place on Republic Day. Farmer unions have got support from farmers in Haryana and Punjab for the chakka jam, which is scheduled between 12 pm and 3 pm.
On Thursday National Security Advisor met with Union Home Minister, Amit Shah amidst the farmer protests and the propaganda by few foreign personalities.