Farmers Protest: A number of barricades and checkpoints have been arrange throughout Punjab, and safety was heightened in any respect key entry factors of Chandigarh to cease farmers underneath the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha who have been marching to the union territory for his or her week-long dharna starting Wednesday in help of their varied calls for.
The Morcha, which is a conglomerate of greater than 30 farmer our bodies, had given a name for the dharna in Chandigarh beginning March 5 in help of their varied calls for. Talking in regards to the farmers’ protest, Punjab Police Deputy Inspector Normal of Police H S Bhullar mentioned that the protestors won’t be allowed to succeed in Chandigarh at any value. “Wherever any farmer got here out (on roads), the police of that space stopped them,” Bhullar mentioned.
“…Punjab is completely peaceable. Wherever the farmers have come, police in that space have stopped them there itself. They’re sitting there on the aspect peacefully. Site visitors is regular throughout Punjab…They won’t be allowed to succeed in Chandigarh at any value. We’ve got tight safety…Just a few folks have been rounded up…There’s good coordination between Punjab and Chandigarh Police,” he mentioned.
#WATCH | On Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in Punjab’s march in direction of Chandigarh at this time, DIG Ropar Vary, Harcharan Singh Bhullar says, “…Punjab is completely peaceable. Wherever the farmers have come, Police in that space have stopped them there itself. They’re sitting there on the aspect… pic.twitter.com/y8WO2w9N8R
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Farmers, who left for Chandigarh in tractor-trolleys and different automobiles on Wednesday morning, have been stopped by the Punjab Police at many locations. In Moga, Krantikari Kisan Union district Moga president Jatinder Singh mentioned they have been stopped at Ajitwal in Moga district by the police once they have been going to Chandigarh. Singh claimed a few of them have been “detained” by police, as reported by PTI.
Farmers raised slogans in opposition to the Bhagwant Mann authorities for not permitting them to go to Chandigarh. In Samrala additionally, farmers have been stopped by police from shifting to Chandigarh, they mentioned.
In Patiala, a senior police official mentioned police will make sure that there isn’t a motion of protesting farmers in direction of Chandigarh. He mentioned police will guarantee most of the people doesn’t face any inconvenience. In Moga, police erected barricades on the Chuhar Chak space to stop farmers from shifting in direction of Chandigarh.
A police official mentioned 100 police personnel had been deployed on the checkpoint and that each car was being checked to cease farmers from going to Chandigarh. In Sangrur, police put up checkpoints at many locations, together with Gharachon and Bhawanigarh. In Kharar, policemen have been deployed on the Bhago Majra toll plaza.
Chandigarh police put up barricades on the Chandigarh-Mohali border factors to stop protesting farmers from coming into the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. Safety was beefed up on the entry factors to Chandigarh from Mohali. Policemen have been checking automobiles and have been even verifying folks the place they have been going to Chandigarh.
Police additionally deployed anti-riot automobiles, ambulances, and fireplace brigades at a number of locations. The intensive checking disrupted site visitors from Mohali to Chandigarh on the border factors, resulting in an extended queue of automobiles and inflicting inconvenience to commuters. Chandigarh Superintendent of Police Geetanjali Khandelwal mentioned police personnel have been deployed in any respect the border factors.
“Barricading has been put up, and strict checking is being executed. We would like folks to face minimal inconvenience. However wherever we suspect site visitors snarls, we have now directed site visitors routes,” she advised reporters. The Chandigarh administration has denied permission to farmers to carry their sit-in at Sector 34 within the metropolis.
On Tuesday, the Chandigarh Police issued an advisory, saying site visitors motion on sure highway stretches could also be regulated on March 5 to make sure easy vehicular move and public security.
On Tuesday, Punjab Police “detained” a number of farmer leaders, together with Balbir Singh Rajewal, Ruldu Singh Mansa, Gurmeet Singh Bhatiwal, Nachhttar Singh Jaiton, Veerpal Singh Dhillon, Binder Singh Golewal, Gurnam Bhikhi, and Harmesh Singh.
SKM chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan on Tuesday had referred to as upon farmer leaders to go in direction of Chandigarh. He had requested farmers to take a seat at a vacant place in the event that they have been stopped by police on their option to Chandigarh, telling them to not block any highway.
Punjab Chief Minister Mann on Tuesday lashed out at a number of farmer our bodies for resorting to protests each different day, turning Punjab right into a “state of dharnas” and inflicting an enormous loss to the state. Mann denounced farmer organizations after talks between the Punjab authorities and SKM leaders to debate farmers’ calls for broke down halfway on Monday.
What Are Farmers Demanding?
The SKM, which had led the 2020 agitation in opposition to the now-repealed three farm legal guidelines, is demanding the withdrawal of the Centre’s draft of the Nationwide Coverage Framework on Agricultural Advertising, a authorized assure to minimal help worth as per the Swaminathan Fee report, implementing the state’s agricultural coverage, and the acquisition of six crops, together with basmati, maize, moong, and potato at minimal help worth by the state authorities.
They’re additionally demanding a regulation for debt settlement, possession rights of land tillers making certain canal water to each area, cost of sugarcane arrears, stopping “forcible” acquisition of land for the Bharatmala initiatives, and jobs and compensation for kin of farmers who misplaced lives in the course of the farmers’ stir in 2020-21.
(With businesses inputs)
