INDIA
The farmers groups in Noida and Greater Noida have been in protest since December 2023, with demands for hiked compensation and developed plots against their land acquired by the local development authorities in the past.
Noida Police on Thursday stepped up security along its borders with Delhi as thousands of farmers and villages descended on the ground with a plan to march to the Parliament, officials said. This also slowed down movement of vehicular traffic at various routes, including the key stretches of Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and DND that thousands of commuters opt daily.
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait joined the protestors in Greater Noida in the afternoon where his Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members have been protesting outside the local authority office.
The farmers groups in Noida and Greater Noida have been in protest since December 2023, with demands for hiked compensation and developed plots against their land acquired by the local development authorities in the past.
In Noida, the protestors are led by the Bharatiya Kisan Parishad, whose activists have held camps outside the local authority office since December 2023.
"In view of the farmers' movement, barriers are being installed at all the borders of Delhi and at Kisan Chowk and other places. Each vehicle is being checked and passed due to which the traffic is moving slowly," a police spokesperson said.
"Senior officials and other personnel are present at various locations to control the traffic. The traffic is being monitored continuously," he added.
The farmers led by the Bharatiya Kisan Parishad assembled at the Mahamaya Flyover in Noida at 12.30 pm on Thursday, with a proposed plan to march towards the Parliament.
"From Mahamaya Flyover, the farmers shall march towards the Parliament in Delhi to press for our long-pending demands," BKP leader Sukhbir Yadav 'Khalifa' said.
Ahead of the protest demonstration by the farmers in Noida and Greater Noida, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police had already imposed CrPC section 144 for Wednesday and Thursday.
The police also issued a traffic advisory, cautioning the commuters against diversions on some routes in the twin cities given the farmers' movement on tractors.
By 1 pm, heavy traffic jams were witnessed on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, DND loop, Kanlindi Kunj bridge, around Dalit Prerna Sthal, Atta Chowk and Rajnigandha Chowk in Noida.
Similar snarls were witnessed at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida, with the police saying that they were making efforts to ensure smooth traffic movement.
Three union ministers- junior Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda, junior Home Minister Nityanand Rai, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and a central government delegate are en route to Chandigarh to meet representatives of protesting farmers, reported NDTV. The meeting is expected to be held at 6 pm.
The Noida traffic department has issued an advisory for commuters as the Delhi-Noida border witness heavy traffic jam They have even released some guidelines to be followed. The advisory has been released on the official X handle of DCP Traffic Noida.
यातायात एडवाइजरी
— DCP Traffic Noida (@dcptrafficnoida) February 8, 2024
यातायात हेल्पलाइन नं०–9971009001 pic.twitter.com/yReeFJTZ5Y
The Noida traffic department has issued an advisory for commuters as the Delhi-Noida border witness heavy traffic jam They have even released some guidelines to be followed. The advisory has been released on the official X handle of DCP Traffic Noida.
यातायात एडवाइजरी
— DCP Traffic Noida (@dcptrafficnoida) February 8, 2024
यातायात हेल्पलाइन नं०–9971009001 pic.twitter.com/yReeFJTZ5Y
The Noida traffic department has issued an advisory for commuters as the Delhi-Noida border witness heavy traffic jam They have even released some guidelines to be followed. The advisory has been released on the official X handle of DCP Traffic Noida.
यातायात एडवाइजरी
— DCP Traffic Noida (@dcptrafficnoida) February 8, 2024
यातायात हेल्पलाइन नं०–9971009001 pic.twitter.com/yReeFJTZ5Y
Hundreds of farmers trying to march to the Parliament were stopped near the Noida-Delhi border.
VIDEO | Hundreds of protesting farmers stopped by police near Mahamaya Flyover in Noida as they try to march to the Parliament.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 8, 2024
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