NS’Bharat BandhTraffic movement was affected in the national capital today, called by farmers’ unions to protest the Centre’s three agriculture laws.
The United Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of farmer unions, has called for a Bharat Bandh today to mark the first anniversary of the enactment of three agricultural laws.
According to the news agency report, “Huge traffic jam was witnessed at Gurugram-Delhi border as vehicles entering the national capital are being checked by Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel.” ANI.
List of routes affected due to Bharat Bandh today:
Delhi Traffic Police tweeted, “Traffic is closed on both the carriageways at Dhansa Border.”
Traffic movement is closed at Red Fort. Carriageway Chhatta Rail and Subhash Marg are closed from both the sides.
National Highway No. 24 and N. H. 9. By the protesters
The diversion is being continued it is informed that as follows
1. Passengers/motorists coming from Sarai Kale Khan take alternate route to Ghaziabad i.e.
Vikas Marg to Ghaziabad and to Noida via DND.
The local police closed the following points due to the protest against Bharat Bandh. Netaji Subhash Marg: Both carriageways with jersey barriers at Chhatta Rail Junction.
Netaji Subhash Marg Carriageway (Red Fort – Daryaganj) at Khas Cut near Pigeon Market from T Point Subhash Park Carriageway (Daryaganj – Red Fort).
“Traffic is moving at a slow pace due to checking action by Delhi Police on the road leading to Delhi at Noida-DND toll border,” Noida Traffic Police tweeted from its official Twitter handle.
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According to Noida Traffic Police, “Traffic is moving at a slow pace due to heavy traffic on the said routes due to checking by Delhi Police at Noida-Chilla border, Noida-Kalindi Kunj border.”
Delhi Traffic Police has said that the movement of vehicles from Uttar Pradesh towards Ghazipur has been stopped. Gurugram witnessed heavy traffic congestion due to heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces.
The government and farmers’ unions have held 11 rounds of talks so far, the last on January 22, to break the deadlock and end the farmers’ protest.
Talks have not resumed after widespread violence during a tractor rally against farmers on 26 January.
Three laws – the Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Agricultural Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020 – passed by Parliament in September last year it was done.
Farmer groups have alleged that these laws will put an end to the ‘mandi’ and MSP procurement system and leave farmers at the mercy of big corporates, even as the government has dismissed these fears as false And it is said that these steps will help in increasing the income of the farmers. .
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