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No police nod to farmers’ rally in Delhi, metro to be cut off from NCR towns

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro will be cut off from the NCR towns till 2pm on Thursday as services will be stopped 2-3 stations from the borders because of the rally planned by farmers. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) took this decision at the request of Delhi Police. “Delhi Metro services will be regulated on November 26 from morning till 2pm through loops,” DMRC said. Watch: Drone camera deployed for security surveillance at Delhi-Faridabad (Haryana) border, in view of farmers' 'De… https://t.co/G1DFXidx2w— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1606365617000Delhi Police on Wednesday turned down all requests by farmers’ organisations to stage protests in the capital against the central government’s new farm laws. Legal action will be taken against those violating Delhi Disaster Management Authority guidelines. Farmers from Punjab and Haryana had given the call for a “Chalo Dilli” march, declaring that they would reach the apital on Thursday through five highways. Eish Singhal, Delhi Police spokesperson, said the farmers’ organisations had requested permission for holding protests on November 26 and 27. “They were told they could seek permission again when the condition became good,” he added. Barricades have been put up at the borders to stop their entry. On Yellow Line, which connects Delhi to Gurugram, no services will be available between Sultanpur and Guru Dronacharya stations and trains will run on loop from Samaypur Badli to Sultanpur and Guru Dronacharya to Huda City Centre. On Blue Line, there will be no services from New Ashok Nagar to Noida City Centre and Anand Vihar to Vaishali till 2pm. On Magenta Line, no services will be available from Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh to Botanical Garden, though regular services from Janakpuri West to Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh would be available. On Red Line, services won’t be available between Dilshad Garden and Major Mohit Sharma Rajender Nagar stations. No services will be available from Tikri Kalan to Brig Hoshiar Singh section of Green Line till 2pm. On Violet Line, which connects Faridabad and Ballabgarh, no services from Badarpur Border to Mewala Maharajpur section will be available. Trains will run from Kashmere Gate to Badarpur Border and Mewala Maharajpur to Raja Nahar Singh. Regular services will remain available on Pink, Grey, Airport Express and Rapid Metro lines during this period. In Gurugram, heavy barricades and intense checking are likely to slow down traffic, including the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway, on Thursday and Friday. Gurugram police said seven entry points into the city had been sealed. Intense checking and traffic diversions will kick in from 4am on Thursday. More than 1,000 police personnel have been deployed for the purpose. Meanwhile, even as Haryana government detained over 70 farmer leaders to quell the protests, hundreds of peasants on Wednesday came out on the streets to mobilise more people for the march and help their counterparts stuck at the sealed Punjab-Haryana borders. Watch Farm laws: Police deny permission farmers' 'Delhi-Chalo' protest march

The Times of India

2020-11-26

Delhi