Farmers Movement Archive

Police deploy cargo containers as barricades at Singhu border

Delhi Police on Monday placed cargo containers at Singhu border near the barricades that divides the security personnel from protesting farmers. Two cargo containers were seen placed at the border on Monday which police officers said are being used to replace with the mud-laden dumpers that have been stationed here since Day One of the agitation. The protests, overall, remained peaceful at Delhi’s borders on Monday.A senior police officer, who wished not to be named, said that deployment at Singhu border remained the same as the farmers’ agitation entered into its 18th day on Monday. More public announcement systems were installed on Monday by the Delhi police and a drone was also used to keep an eye on the gathering now spreads across 5-6 kilometers on the Delhi-Sonepat highway.Additional deputy commissioner of police, Jitendra Kumar Meena, said that the situation continued to remain peaceful at Singhu border on Monday. “We ensured sufficient deployment and the situation is being continuously monitored,” he added.The day was also peaceful at Ghazipur border on Monday even as some protesting farmers tried to block the other two carriageways of the Delhi-Meerut expressway earlier in the day. However, they were immediately disbursed by the police and their own leaders.Traffic at the Delhi-Meerut Expressway also remained the same, with one carriageway leading from Ghaziabad to Delhi closed and the other connecting Delhi to Ghaziabad operating as normal. The NH-24 service lane, which has been blocked by the farmers November 27 onwards, also continued to remain closed for traffic on Monday.Chilla border that was closed by the farmers since December 1, and was cleared on Sunday morning, witnessed normal traffic movement on Monday. However, because a small group of farmers had stayed back, still occupying one lane near the central verge at the Gautam Buddha Dwar, on the Delhi - Noida border, the traffic moving from Noida to Delhi slowed down.Apart from Chilla and Ghazipur borders, seven borders that continued to remain completely blocked, are Singhu, Tikri, Auchandi, Jharoda, Piao Maniyari, and Mangesh in outer and south-western parts of the city.

Hindustan Times

15-12-2020

Delhi