Punjab and Haryana borders in Ambala, Jind and Fatehabad districts will be sealed ahead of the farmers Delhi march on February 13, called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha. More than 200 farmers’ unions will take part in the march. The Haryana government on Saturday ordered the suspension of mobile internet services and bulk SMS in seven districts — Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa.
The purpose is to intensify pressure on the central government to meet various demands, including the enactment of a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for crops. This mobilisation has sparked significant administrative and security measures, including the imposition of Section 144 in Panchkula and the suspension of mobile internet services and bulk SMS in several districts of Haryana.
The planned protest is a grim reminder of the farmers’ protest in 2020 which went on for a year on the Delhi border as this time too, farmers are coming to the national capital with all essential items, ration, and cylinders.
Both the Punjab and Haryana governments have made elaborate arrangements to ensure there is no law and order situation and the public is not inconvenienced.
Commuters going from Chandigarh to Delhi have been asked to take alternative routes via Derabassi, Barwala/Ramgarh, Saha, Shahbad, Kurukshetra, or through Panchkula, NH-344 Yamunanagar Indri/Pipli, Karnal.
Delhi to Chandigarh commuters have been asked to use Karnal, Indri/Pipli, Yamunanagar, Panchkula, or Kurukshetra, Shahbad, Saha, Barwala, Ramgarh route.
Traffic routes in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Fatehabad, Sirsa will be changed keeping in mind the farmers’ march.
Earlier in the day, Haryana Police also installed concrete blocks and metal sheets to seal the both sides of the highway at Shambhu barrier over river Ghaggar in Ambala. The Ghaggar river bed was also dug up to prevent farmers from reaching the highway through tractors, said officials. Police also made elaborate arrangements to seal the Punjab-Haryana borders in Jind and Fatehabad districts and issued a traffic advisory urging commuters to limit travel on the main roads, and move out only if its is urgent, on February 13, the day of the proposed march.
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