Farmers Movement Archive

Delhi Police on alert, patrolling upped for Bharat Bandh

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has made arrangements to maintain law and order on Monday in the wake of the Bharat Bandh called by the agitating farmers. The cops have deployed extra personnel and intensified patrolling near the borders. The bandh has been called from 6am to 4pm during which all government and private offices, educational and other institutions, shops, industries and commercial establishments as well as public events and functions are to remain closed throughout the country, the farmer unions have claimed. However, all emergency establishments and essential services, including hospitals, medical stores, relief and rescue work and people attending to personal emergencies, will be exempted. Extra police personnel have been deployed at the pickets, especially around the border areas and vehicles entering the capital are being thoroughly checked, cops said. No protestor will be allowed to enter Delhi from the three protest sites at the city's borders, they added. DCP (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said: “In view of the Bharat Bandh, adequate security arrangements have been made as a precautionary measure. Pickets at the border areas have been strengthened and all vital installations, including India Gate and Vijay Chowk, will have the required deployment.” There aren’t any specific inputs about any protest being organised in the city yet, but all precautionary measures are being taken, the cops said on Sunday. “The security will be preventive and we are fully alert. There is no call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ in Delhi, but we are watching the developments and adequate number of personnel will be on ground,” another officer said. A police officer from the outer district said that no protestor would be allowed and extra forces had been already deployed in the district ever since farmers went on a sit-in at Tikri border.

The Times of India

2021-09-27

Delhi