'Delhi Chalo' protest march: Police fire tear gas shells at protesting farmers at Haryana-Delhi Singhu border
India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
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New Delhi, Nov 22: As thousands of Punjab farmers moved closer to the national capital on Friday, the Delhi Police enhanced deployment of security personnel, stationed sand-laden trucks and water cannons and used barbed wire for fencing at the Singhu Border to prevent the protesters from entering the city.
Police said they would not allow farmers protesting against the Centre's new farm laws to enter Delhi if they reach the borders of the national capital.
In the afternoon, Agriculture Minister Tomar sent conciliatory signals to the protesters, telling some reporters that the government was ready to talk about "issues and resolve differences" with them.
"I want to appeal to our farmer brothers to not agitate," Tomar said. "I am sure that our dialogue will have a positive result."
By late evening, a large number of protesters from Punjab and Haryana were close to the national capital, prompting the Delhi Police to close traffic movements at the Singhu border in view of the 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers from Punjab against the farm laws.
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Some commuters complained that they are facing problems commuting to Delhi as traffic came to a halt on Delhi-Panipat Highway due to road blockade. "I'm coming from Jammu and was supposed to reach Delhi on Thursday morning evening. We have no updates so far," news agency ANI quoted a commuter as saying.
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Mathura: Traffic jam at Yamuna Expressway as agitating farmers block the road. Police personnel present at the spot.
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Plumes of smoke seen as security personnel use tear gas to disperse farmers protesting at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border).
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#WATCH Farmers use a tractor to remove a truck placed as a barricade to stop them from entering Delhi, at Tikri border near Delhi-Bahadurgarh highway pic.twitter.com/L65YLRlkBo
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Entry & exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Tikri Border, Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations on Green Line are now closed, tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
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Farmers from Punjab stopped from entering Delhi at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border)
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Members of Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee prepare in Amritsar for their tractor rally towards Delhi by stocking up essentials in trolleys.
"We have loaded food material for a month & cooking utensils in our trolleys. We're all headed towards Delhi now," says a farmer.
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Police use tear gas shells to disperse protesting farmers at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border).
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Rohtak: Farmers gathered at Rohtak-Jhajjar border, for 'Delhi Chalo' protest march against Centre's farm laws
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Farmers' Delhi Chalo protest on Thursday saw an overwhelming response from women as they joined elderly farmers and youth to press the Centre to scrap three farm laws.Stating that they were ready for a "do or die" battle against the union government, women owing allegiance to various farmers' outfits braved cold weather to set out for Delhi.
9:10 AM, 27 Nov
Farmers' Delhi Chalo protest on Thursday saw an overwhelming response from women as they joined elderly farmers and youth to press the Centre to scrap three farm laws.Stating that they were ready for a "do or die" battle against the union government, women owing allegiance to various farmers' outfits braved cold weather to set out for Delhi.
9:12 AM, 27 Nov
Rohtak: Farmers gathered at Rohtak-Jhajjar border, for 'Delhi Chalo' protest march against Centre's farm laws#Haryanapic.twitter.com/47rtOcYmOv
Rohtak: Farmers gathered at Rohtak-Jhajjar border, for 'Delhi Chalo' protest march against Centre's farm laws
9:12 AM, 27 Nov
Police use tear gas shells to disperse protesting farmers at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border).
9:12 AM, 27 Nov
Vehicles are not allowed towards Singhu Border. Interstate vehicles may take Western/Eastern peripheral expressway: Delhi Traffic Police
10:15 AM, 27 Nov
Members of Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee prepare in Amritsar for their tractor rally towards Delhi by stocking up essentials in trolleys.
"We have loaded food material for a month & cooking utensils in our trolleys. We're all headed towards Delhi now," says a farmer.
10:15 AM, 27 Nov
Farmers from Punjab stopped from entering Delhi at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border)
11:35 AM, 27 Nov
Delhi Police seeks Delhi govt’s permission to convert nine stadiums into temporary prisons
11:35 AM, 27 Nov
Entry & exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Tikri Border, Tikri Kalan and Ghevra stations on Green Line are now closed, tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
11:35 AM, 27 Nov
Urge Delhi govt to deny police permission for setting temporary prisons, tweets AAP MLA Raghav Chadha
#WATCH Farmers use a tractor to remove a truck placed as a barricade to stop them from entering Delhi, at Tikri border near Delhi-Bahadurgarh highway pic.twitter.com/L65YLRlkBo
Farmers use a tractor to remove a truck placed as a barricade to stop them from entering Delhi, at Tikri border near Delhi-Bahadurgarh highway
11:36 AM, 27 Nov
Plumes of smoke seen as security personnel use tear gas to disperse farmers protesting at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border).
11:37 AM, 27 Nov
Mathura: Traffic jam at Yamuna Expressway as agitating farmers block the road. Police personnel present at the spot.
11:37 AM, 27 Nov
Some commuters complained that they are facing problems commuting to Delhi as traffic came to a halt on Delhi-Panipat Highway due to road blockade. "I'm coming from Jammu and was supposed to reach Delhi on Thursday morning evening. We have no updates so far," news agency ANI quoted a commuter as saying.