Farmers Movement Archive

15-km-long jam on NH-8 due to farmers’ stir

JAIPUR: The farmers on Saturday blocked the six-lane Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway to mark the completion of 100 days of agitation at the Delhi borders, which led to a 15-km-long jam on the Delhi-Jaipur national highway (NH-8) for more than four hours. The Delhi-bound vehicles were stranded on the national highway as the jam started from Behror, leading up to the Haryana border. While many vehicles were diverted by police administration via Alwar-Mundawar, there was a huge pile-up of vehicles in Behror due to non-diversion through the Kotputli-Shahpura route. Meanwhile, the farmers put up black flags atop their houses and wore black bands in protest against the Centre’s three farm laws. On Saturday, the Dausa chapter of Samyukt Kisan Morcha donated a generator, a microphone set and cash amount of Rs 21,000 for the movement. Meanwhile, farmer leader Himmat Singh said, “Our visit to Gujarat has been postponed for now. We will visit the state after March 29. There is Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur on March 23 (the death anniversary of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru) and preparations are going on for the same.” In a bid to mobilise the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws in Gujarat, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha — a group of 40 farmers’ unions — will be sending a team of 4-5 members to the state to have a dialogue with the farmers’ unions and associations there.

The Times of India

2021-03-07

Jaipur