Delhi Police Removes Barricades and Wires at Ghazipur Farmers' Protest Site
The removal of barricades comes after the October 21 Supreme Court direction that called for unblocking of roads.
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The removal of barricades comes after the October 21 Supreme Court direction that called for unblocking of roads.
The opening of the road stretch would help thousands of commuters in Ghaziabad, Delhi and Noida as well as those travelling between the national capital and the interiors of Uttar Pradesh, towards Meerut and beyond.
In a big relief to commuters, the Delhi Police have started removing barricades along the Tikri and Ghazipur borders, 11 months after these were installed to stop the farmers from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh entering the national capital.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal declared his promise to Punjab farmers of not letting any farmer commit suicide after April 1 when AAP comes into power. He said that it is shameful that even after 75 years of independence, farmers have to commit suicide because the politicians don’t care about their lives.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha will hold an internal meeting on Saturday to discuss what to do after the Delhi Police removed the barricades at the Ghazipur and Tikri border protest sites.