NEW DELHI: Almost a week after the farmers started protesting, a new addition to the list of borders that are shut down is the Chilla border. With this, the national capital’s border points are under heavy police deployment with concrete barriers and multi-layered barricades as farmers agitating against the Centre's new farm laws blocked the Delhi-Noida border.
Hundreds of farmers have gathered at a Noida-Delhi border point, stopping traffic movement on a key route connecting Uttar Pradesh and the national capital.
The farmers remained at the Chilla border where multi-layered security has been deployed on both the Delhi as well as Noida side with police personnel in huge numbers, prohibiting the protesters from proceeding towards the national capital.
"The Chilla border on Noida Link Road is closed for traffic due to the farmers' protest near Gautam Budh Dwar. People are advised to avoid the Noida Link Road for going to Noida and use NH-24 and DND instead," the Delhi Police tweeted.
Two more border points connecting the national capital with Gurgaon and Jhajjar-Bahadurgarh have also been closed as precautionary measures, leading to heavy traffic jams in several parts of the city. With this, in total five border points, including Singhu and Tikri, have been closed due to the protest.