Farmers' protest: Farmer leaders announce ceasefire for the day
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To ensure law and order, Section 144 has been enforced in Delhi, restricting the entry of tractor trolleys and assemblies.
Haryana police detained several protesting farmers as they marched towards Delhi on Tuesday. Scenes of chaos filled the Shambhu border near Punjab-Haryana border as the police tried to stop the protestors from entering the national capital. The protesting farmers were seen attempting to break the multi-layered barricades using their tractors and hand weapons.
At Delhi's Jharoda border, barricades and barbed wires have been erected, and similar arrangements are observed at the Singhu border with rows of barricades lining the road. To ensure law and order, Section 144 has been enforced, restricting the entry of tractor trolleys and assemblies. Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) are actively present, and the border sealing preparations are extensive. A robust force of more than 2000 personnel, including CAPF, Crime Branch staff, and battalions, is ready to maintain security and address any untoward incidents.
"Section 144 is in place. Bringing in tractor trolleys and assemblies is restricted. The Delhi Police and the CAPF are here. We have prepared to seal the border. We will ensure that no one breaks this border...If there is any untoward incident we will seal it completely. We have CAPF, Crime Branch staff, Batallions staff, and other units. We have more than 2000 personnel strong force in the district," Ankit Singh, DCP of the North East District, said speaking to ANI.
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Security in Delhi has been intensified with multi-layer barricades, concrete blocks, iron nails and walls of containers at border points to stop a 'Delhi Chalo' march of farmers from entering the national capital on Tuesday, after talks between farm leaders and the Centre remained inconclusive.
“We feel that the government is not serious about our demands. They just want to waste our time and don't want to give us anything. I would like to say that our movement is continuing, and we will move ahead with it tomorrow," Sarwan Singh Pandher said after attending the meeting between farm leaders and Union ministers in Chandigarh.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have announced that farmers will head to Delhi on Tuesday to press the Centre to accept their demands, including the enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
As thousands of farmers plan to march towards the national capital during their 'Delhi Chalo' protest on February 13, Haryana police have taken preemptive measures, raising several checkposts strategically, deploying 11 paramilitary companies, and imposing Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Sirsa. Briefing about the security measures, Deputy Commissioner Parth Gupta said, "In Sirsa, 40 checkposts have been set up strategically, especially on routes coming in from our neighbouring states. 11 paramilitary companies, in addition to local police, have been deployed. Section 144 has been imposed in Sirsa."