Delhi Chalo March: In view of the proposed farmers’ ”Delhi Chalo March” on February 13, Delhi Traffic Police have issued a visitors advisory. Police have suggested car homeowners to comply with the advisory.
Several farmer associations, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab, have introduced a march scheduled for February 13 to press for a regulation making certain Minimum Support Price (MSP) for his or her agricultural produce.
Ahead of the Delhi Chalo agitation, prohibitory orders have been enforced in a number of areas in Delhi-NCR, and hundreds of cops have been stationed alongside Delhi’s borders with neighbouring states. The perimeters have been fortified with concrete blocks, highway spike obstacles, and barbed wire as precautionary measures.
Delhi Police visitors advisory
As per the advisory, visitors restrictions and diversions shall be imposed from Monday for industrial autos.
According to the police, there shall be diversions across the Singhu Border (Delhi-Haryana). “Traffic restrictions and diversions will be imposed at Singhu Border from February 12 for commercial vehicles and from February 13 for all types of vehicles,” the advisory stated.
Diversions round Singhu Border (Delhi-Haryana)
Traffic restrictions shall be in place at Singhu Border from 12 February for industrial autos and from 13 February for every type of autos.
- Interstate buses: The buses aspiring to go in the direction of Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal and many others. through NH-44 will take ISBT to Majnu Ka Tilla to Signature Bridge to Khajuri Chowk to Loni Border to KMP through Khekra.
- Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs): The autos aspiring to go in the direction of Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal and many others. through NH-44 are prompt to take exit no. 2 on NH-44 (DSIIDC) intersection to Harish Chander Hospital crossing to Bawana highway crossing to Bawana Chowk to Bawana-Auchandi Road reaching Auchandi Border to KMP through Saidpur chowki. “The HGVs intending to go towards Bahadurgarh, Rohtak, etc. are suggested to take Outer Ring Road from Mukarba Chowk to Madhuban Chowk to Bhagwan Mahavir Road to Rithala to Pansali Chowk to Helipad to UER-II to Kanjhawala Road-Karala T-Point-Kanjhawala Chowk to Jaunti Village to Jaunti Border/Nizampur Border and enter in Haryana village Bamnoli and may go further go via Nahra-Nahari road to Bahadurgarh road,” it learn.
- Cars/LGVs: Restrictions shall be in place for vehicles/LGVs aspiring to go in the direction of Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal and many others. through NH-44 and likewise for such autos aspiring to go in the direction of Bahadurgarh, Rohtak and many others.
Diversions round Gazipur Border (Delhi-UP)
Traffic going to Gaziabad from Delhi by Gazipur Border are suggested to take
- Pushta highway in entrance of Akshardham temple
- Patparganj highway/Mother Dairy highway
- Chaudhary Charan Singh Marg ISBT Anand Vihar and exit from Maharajpur or Apsara border in UP Ghaziabad.
- Traffic going to Haryana by NH-44 are suggested to take Eastern Peripheral Expressway- Rai Cut (NH-44).
Diversions round Tikri Border (Delhi-Haryana)
- Vehicles going in the direction of Bahadurgarh, Rohtak and many others. through Rohtak Road are suggested to make use of Najafgarh Nangloi Road from Nangloi Chowk to enter Haryana through Najafgarh Jharoda Border.
- Vehicles aspiring to go in the direction of Bahadurgarh, Rohtak and many others. through Rohtak Road could use the next routes:-
• Take Left Turn from PVC Red Light upto Jharoda Nala Crossing – take Right Turn upto Najafgarh Bahadurgarh Road reaching in the direction of Bahadurgarh.
• Take Left Turn in the direction of HiranKudna Village – Turn Right Dichaon Kalan HiranKudna Marg (5 KM) -Dichaon Kalan Village-Nangloi Stand-Turn Left Najafgarh Firni Road-Delhi Gate Stand- Turn Right Chhawla Stand- Turn Right Dhansa Stand-Bahadurgarh Stand Turn Left Najafgarh Bahadurgarh Road-Jharoda Village-Jharoda Border reaching in the direction of Bahadurgarh (HR).
• Take Left Turn in the direction of Nangloi Najafgarh Road (13 KM) Nangloi Stand-Turn Left Najafgarh Firni Road-Delhi Gate Stand-Turn Right Chhawla Stand- Turn Right Dhansa Stand- Turn Right Bahadurgarh Stand – Turn Left Najafgarh Bahadurgarh Road-Jharoda Village-Jharoda Border reaching in the direction of Bahadurgarh (HR).
• Motorists (vehicles) coming from Punjabi Bagh to take Turn Left from Peeragarhi Chowk as much as Najafgarh Road (8 KM) – Turn Right Uttam Nagar Chowk-Dwarka Mor-Tura Mandi-Najafgarh Firni Road Turn Left-Chhawla Stand-Turn Right Dhansa Stand-Turn Right Bahadurgarh Stand – Turn Left Najafgarh Bahadurgarh Road-Jharoda Village-Jharoda Border reaching in the direction of Bahadurgarh (HR).
Section 144 imposed in Delhi-NCR
In view of the demonstration of farmers in lots of areas within the nationwide capital and borders of Delhi, the Delhi Police imposed Section 144. The prohibitory order will stay in pressure from Sunday, February 11 to March 11. Protestors should not allowed to enter Delhi on tractors, trolleys, buses, vans, industrial autos, horses and many others.
“We have imposed Section 144 of the CrPC (prohibitory orders). Information has been received that some farmer organisations have given call to their supporters to gather/march to Delhi on February 13 for their demands of a law on MSP. No one will be allowed to breach law and order situation,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey stated in an order.
The order additional stated the farmers are prone to sit on the borders of Delhi until their calls for are met. “Keeping in view, the kind of behaviour and adamant approach farmers showed during protests in the past, there is a possibility of mobilization/activities of farmers/supporters from their respective districts to Delhi along with tractor/trolleys/arms. Farmers will also come from Haryana, Punjab, UP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, MP and other possible areas. And whereas, in order to avoid any untoward incident and to maintain law and order, a precautionary order of Section 144 is required to be issued to save the life and property in the area,” learn the order.
Delhi Police blocks roads, steps up safety
The Delhi Police has heightened safety measures at Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri borders by putting in nails together with barricades to stop autos carrying protesters from getting into town, officers reported on Sunday.
Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora performed visits to numerous borders of Haryana-Delhi and Uttar Pradesh-Delhi with police officers to evaluate safety preparations. Over 5,000 safety personnel have been deployed, and cranes and earthmovers carrying massive containers are additionally in motion.
Multiple safety barricades have been arrange on the borders to discourage farmers from getting into the nationwide capital. Nails have been strategically positioned on roads to puncture the tyres of autos if protesting farmers try to enter town by car, officers said.
Several groups have been shaped to take care of strict surveillance at bus stands, metro stations, railway stations, and roads to stop farmers from getting into town utilizing alternate modes of transportation.
Why are farmers protesting?
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have introduced that farm unions will march to Delhi on February 13 to press the Centre to simply accept a number of calls for, together with the enactment of a regulation to ensure a minimal assist worth (MSP) for crops.
The ‘Delhi Chalo March’ organised by round 200 farmers’ unions and a big quantity of farmers is predicted to succeed in the nationwide capital on February 13 from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.