Capital has converted into unbreakable fort by Delhi Police and Paramilitary Forces as farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have marched toward Delhi to protest against Central Government. More than 20 kisan unions are trying to gather in Delhi to show their protest with their tractors. The number of farmers may be around ten to fifteen thousand.
Delhi Police has learned a lot from the previous farmers protest where the protest has turned into a chaos where lots of policemen were injured. This time the police taken precautionary measure by converting the capital into unbreakable fort.
The Road has blocked with 7 layers concrete walls, Steel barricades, nails, metal wires, heavy breakers with nails on its are put on the roads with over 50 Delhi Police and Paramilitary companies are equipped with Tear gas launchers and shells, bulletproof vests, helmets, batons, and sophisticated weapons were deployed at the Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur borders. Drones were also deployed over the city’s fringes. Delhi police has taken almost all precautionary action to prevent the farmer’s march.
Capital has converted into unbreakable fort by Delhi Police.
The farmers planned to converge at the Capital’s Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur border points on Tuesday afternoon. Rows of metal barricades, shipping containers, concertina wires, and trenches have been placed on Delhi’s fringes ahead of the march. Farm leaders confirmed the protest would continue after their meeting with Union ministers ended around midnight.
The jams were expected to spill onto arterial stretches across the city, especially its outer, eastern, central, northern, and southern parts. In a revised traffic advisory on Monday evening, the Delhi Police warned commuters that traffic diversions “may be required at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders depending on the conditions”.
Haryana Government has imposed restrictions in 15 districts, gathering of 5 or more people is prohibited and has banned the march with tractor-trolleys. Delhi Police has also extended its restiction on movement and public gathering for a month across the national capital.