Farmers' protest causes traffic standstill with heavy barricades in Delhi's border
While the Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana have been completely closed for traffic, regulated vehicular movement is still allowed at the Ghazipur border.
Traffic was disrupted in the border areas of Delhi on Wednesday as police erected several layers of barricades and halted the movement of vehicles at the Singhu and Tikri borders, anticipating the farmers' proposed march to Delhi. While the Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana have been completely closed for traffic, regulated vehicular movement is still allowed at the Ghazipur border.
A section of a road in a village near the Singhu border was dug up to impede the farmers' march to Delhi. The Apsara and Ghazipur borders with Uttar Pradesh remain open for traffic, but heavy security has been deployed at both locations. Ankit Singh, traveling from Shahdara to Noida Sector-62, reported that traffic movement was slightly affected at the Ghazipur border.
He expressed, "I thought that the traffic might be closed and was planning to take an alternative route to reach my office. Vehicular movement was slightly affected at that border, with heavy security deployment."
Police have installed barricades and placed concrete slabs on the road to deter the protesting farmers from entering Delhi. On Tuesday, people had to cross the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana on foot as police blocked vehicular movement due to the farmers' march towards the national capital.
Hem Singh, residing in Haryana's Karnal, shared his experience of heading to northeast Delhi for a wedding but having his bus stop nearly a kilometer from the border.
He said, "My nephew is getting married in northeast Delhi's Gokulpuri on Wednesday, and we are stuck here due to traffic. The bus driver stopped the vehicle a kilometer before the border. We are walking towards Delhi and are uncertain whether we will find any transportation."
Aware of the farmers' march, Hem Singh added, "We knew about the farmers' march, but had no idea that we would get stuck here. I asked my wife and daughter to go back to Panipat, but my daughter is very excited to attend her cousin's wedding."
Farmers, demanding a law on minimum support price, are marching towards Delhi after a meeting with a team of Union ministers over their demands remained inconclusive. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha stated that the farmers will proceed to Delhi to press the Centre to accept their demands.
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