Farmers' ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest: Iron nails, cement barricades await demonstration in Haryana | Top 10 updates
Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government has prepared cement barricades, iron nails, suspension of internet, suspension of bulk SMS services, and heavy police deployment to block the farmers. In what seems like a possible repeat of the 2020 Farmers' Protest against implementation of minimum support price (MSP), farmers are planning to march to Delhi on Tuesday to press the Centre to accept their various demands. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday said the Centre has invited them for a meeting to discuss their demands on February 12.
He said three Union ministers -- Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityanand Rai -- will arrive in Chandigarh on February 12 to hold talks with a deputation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha. -According to media reports, route diversions and a seven-tier security cordon are also a part of the elaborate arrangements. -Haryana government authorities' men were seen drilling iron nails on the roads.
-All the borders of Haryana with Punjab have been sealed with huge cement barricades and barbed wires. -Section 144 has been imposed in many districts of Haryana and CRPF and other security agencies have also been deployed along with the police force. -According to an official order, mobile internet services will remain suspended in seven districts--Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa--from 6 am on February 11 till 11.59 pm on February 13.
-The Haryana-Punjab border at Shambhu was closed for vehicular movement towards Ambala and Delhi. It even led to a massive traffic jam inconveniencing commuters travelling towards Ambala. -The Ghaggar river bed has also been dug up to prevent farmers from reaching the highway through
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