Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 26

Farmers have been lining up since Saturday morning in their vehicles alongside Zirakpur roads and are awaiting green signal from their leaders to march towards Chandigarh. The police have erected barricades at several places.

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Thousands of farmers from Haryana are said to enter Chandigarh from the Panchkula side, while those from Punjab will come from the Mohali side.

The morcha had announced to observe June 26 as “Kheti bachao, loktantra bachao” (save farming, save democracy) day on the completion of seven months of the farmers’ protest and the 47th anniversary of Emergency in India.