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Last Updated: November 26, 2023, 18:19 IST
The Punjab and Chandigarh Police have beefed up safety close to the Mohali-Chandigarh border erecting barricades and stationing water cannons. ( Representative Image: PTI)
Around 800 police personnel, together with jawans from paramilitary forces are deployed to maintain vigil with 1000’s of farmer who’re turning up on the Main Road adjoining Mohali Golf Range and Railway observe, Phase-XI
On the eve of the third anniversary of the anti-farm legal guidelines protest, farmers from Punjab and Haryana and their unions have flocked to the Mohali-Chandigarh border with round 3000 autos to kick begin a three-day-protest launched by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to push for their pending calls for.
Hundreds of tractor-trollies, mini buses, and buses had been seen gathering on the border alongside Phase-11 in Mohali and the IISER Chowk Road demanding a authorized assure of minimal assist worth (MSP) amongst different calls for. Along with transporation, farmers carried a cargo of important gadgets such ration, bedding, utensils, cooking fuel, and cylinders for the three-day protest.
Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal) common secretary Harinder Singh Lakhowal stated a whole lot of farmers have already reached the protest website and plenty of nonetheless on their method on tractors.
“Through this protest, we are raising a demand that the loans or debts of farmers be written off at the earliest. The same was promised by the central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some state governments, too, made similar commitments,” information company ANI spoke with one of many farmers.
The Panchkula police commissioner has cited Punjab and Haryana excessive court docket orders that has warned farmer unions to not block visitors at public locations or roads. The blockade can be thought of as contempt of the court docket, reported India Today.
DEMANDS OF THE FARMERS
- Legal assure and extension of MSP in accordance with Swaminathan Commission report.
- Withdrawal of instances towards farmers protesters and towards those that burn paddy.
- A provision of offering pension of Rs 10,000 per thirty days to farmers aged 60 and above.
- Action towards union minister Ajay Misra within the Lakhimpur Kheri case.
- Compensation to the households of farmers who died through the protest.
- Free electrical energy provide and withdrawal of Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022.
- Compensation to the farmers incase there crops get broken by floods or pest assaults.
3 LAYER SECURITY IN CHANDIGARH
The Punjab and Chandigarh Police have beefed up safety close to the Mohali-Chandigarh border erecting barricades and stationing water cannons.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Amandeep Brarar spoke with ANI that they’ve accomplished all there preparations. “We knew that for three days, farmers would sit on the Mohali-Chandigarh border. Considering this, the Mohali police, along with the Chandigarh administration, have deployed security here along with water cannons and a fire brigade,” stated Brarar.
Around 800 police personnel, together with jawans from paramilitary forces are deployed to maintain vigil with 1000’s of farmer who’re turning up on the Main Road adjoining Mohali Golf Range and Railway observe, Phase-XI.
Apart from the 800 police personnel, 6 DSPs together with 8 inspectors have been deputed for sustaining the regulation and order scenario, quoted Indian Express as saying SSP (UT) Kanwardeep Kaur. z
According to a report from India Today, the primary layer of safety will comprise Chandigarh police jawans, the second layer can be managed by the Rapid Action Force (RAF), whereas riot management vans and water cannons can be positioned at strategic places for the third layer, managed by paramilitary forces.
TRAFFIC ADVISORY IN CHANDIGARH
The Chandigarh Police in a visitors advisory stated the roads from Faidan barrier on Purv Marg main in the direction of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh worldwide airport in Mohali can be closed briefly in view of the stir until November 28.
Police suggested commuters going in the direction of the airport, Aerocity, and Bestech Mall to take a proper from the Faidan barrier after which a left from the Sector 46,47,48, and 49 chowk straight in the direction of Airport Road in Mohali.
The Mohali Police in its visitors advisory stated that the visitors on Jagatpura sector 48-49 visitors lights to Bawa White House stretch has been suspended until November 28.
(With PTI Inputs)
