NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting against the Centre s new agri laws and other issues on Saturday blocked roads at several places in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday on the call given by the farmers unions for a nationwide chakka jam.
A pan-India chakka jam call has been given by farmers from 12 to 3 pm.
Here is a look at the top developments.
PAC, paramilitary forces deployed at state, national highways in UP About 144 UP-PAC companies, six paramilitary companies, along with senior officers, have been deployed at the state and national highways and everything is being recorded in the wake of chakka jam.
Farmers protest: Police have placed barricades, nails on roads at Delhi s borders.
Highlights
Thousands of farmers have been protesting near Delhi since November-end
They are demanding repeal of farm laws and a legal guarantee to MSP
New Delhi:
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today shared pictures of barricades and concertina wires placed near farmer protest sites at border joints near Delhi with a four-word message to the government - build bridges, not walls .
GOI,
Farmers protest sites at Delhi s borders have turned into fortresses with police increasing security and strengthening barricades.
At Delhi s border with Uttar Pradesh, police have placed concertina wires between four layers of yellow barricades to stop farmers from crossing over into the national capital by the Ghazipur-Meerut highway.
Farmers Protest: The policemen in the images were from one part of Delhi, according to sources.
New Delhi:
After photos emerged yesterday of policemen armed with metal lances and arm guards, apparently to ward against swords seen during farmer protests, the Delhi Police have put out a disclaimer and have also asked those behind the images to explain. Such metal lathis have never been part of police weapons, said Delhi Police Commission SN Shrivastava.
The policemen in the images were from one part of Delhi and they took the initiative on their own, the Delhi Police said today, denying any formal orders to incorporate new metal armoury. The unit, which is from Shahdara in east Delhi, has been asked for an explanation, according to sources.
Delhi Border points have been occupied by protesting farmers for several weeks now.
New Delhi:
The internet services ban in place since Saturday along the Delhi border areas of Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri - the epicentres of the ongoing farmers protest - has been extended till tomorrow, officials said today.
Lakhs of farmers have spent the past several weeks demanding that the Centre repeal three newly legislated farm laws. The situation exploded on Republic Day when protesters clashed with the police during a tractor rally that turned violent. Ever since, the farmers have only intensified their agitation.
As a result, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday ordered the suspension of internet services in these protest sites for 48 hours. The Haryana government, too, had taken a similar measure in several of its districts.