Farmers protest: Internet ban imposed till February 16 in three districts of Punjab

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' agitation to place stress on the Centre for his or

Image Source : PTI Farmers collect on the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border throughout their Delhi Chalo march

With intermittent shelling at Shambhu border level close to Ambala by safety personnel on the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protesters who’re demanding minimal help value for his or her crops and tear smoke getting used every time any group of farmers moved in direction of the barricades, an web ban has been imposed until February 16 in three districts of Punjab. UPDATES

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation to place stress on the Centre for his or her calls for, together with a regulation on MSP, mortgage waivers and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission suggestions.

On Thursday, farmers had been seen squating on rail tracks at seven locations in Punjab in protest in opposition to the Haryana Police motion in opposition to protesting farmers on the borders. The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan had made the decision. The determination was taken in protest in opposition to the usage of tear fuel shells and water cannons in opposition to protesting farmers by the Haryana safety personnel on the Shambhu and Khanauri borders, he stated.

The Delhi Police is on additional vigil although the protesting farmers have been stopped by the Haryana Police on the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana close to Ambala.

Security personnel deployed on the Singhu border additionally examined a system that may generate extraordinarily high-frequency sounds that will assist in dispersing a crowd, based on sources. They stated the system is known as Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD).

The farmers at Shambhu, with their tractor-trolleys lining the highway and extra arriving from completely different elements of Punjab, are nonetheless over 200 km from their vacation spot. Multiple layers of concrete blocks and metallic spikes are positioned at Delhi’s Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana in addition to on the Ghazipur border with Uttar Pradesh. Delhi-Sonipat site visitors at Singhu and the motion of autos to Bahadurgarh by way of Tikri are suspended, an official stated. Security personnel in anti-riot gear are deployed and drones used to regulate the scenario.

 

Source: www.indiatvnews.com

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