Farmers block roads in Punjab, Haryana as part of 'chakka jam' : The Tribune India
Karnal/Bathinda/Palwal, February 6 Farmers on Saturday parked their tractor-trailers in the middle of roads and raised slogans against the Centre during a three-hour-long "chakka jam" agitation in Punjab and Haryana. Women took part in the stir in a sizeable number at several places. The call for the nationwide "chakka jam" was given by the Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farm unions protesting the Centre's farm laws at the Delhi borders. Farmers blocked 11 points in Karnal district. Bastara toll plaza on NH-44 was the main site where farmers gathered. HIGHLIGHTS Patiala: Punjabi a...