Haryana farmers removed the barricades and made their way through trucks parked on the bridge near Karna Lake, 5 km from Karnal city, to resume their march from Delhi Chalo despite police using tear gas and water cannons to halt their advance on Thursday.
Karnal Police Superintendent Ganga Ram Punia said another attempt will be made to arrest the farmers in Gharaunda.
The police used water cannons and tear gas projectiles to disperse protesting farmers heading to Delhi as they tried to break through the barricades on the Sadopur border in Ambala. Farmers were seen resisting the police, trying to break through and drag down the barricades in Sadopur, after which the police had to use deterrent action to control the situation.
Look | Police use water cannons and tear gas to agitate farmers near the Delhi-Haryana border
Angry farmers threw stones at security forces deployed to control the crowds on the Shambhu border.
THE JAMS LEAVE THE TRAVELS HIGH AND DRY
Thousands of vehicles, especially trucks and buses, were stranded on National Highway 44 when police blocked a 15-kilometer stretch near Karnal and diverted traffic from the highway connecting Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir to the capital. national.
Traffic was diverted on the Ramba-Indri-Karnal link road. “We have been stuck for the last 15 hours and we don’t know how long it will take us to get moving,” said Satpal Singh, a truck driver heading to Ludhiana.
Heavy vehicles, including army convoys, got stuck on the road near the Ambala cantonment. The vehicles were lined up for several kilometers.
Ambala Police Superintendent Rajesh Kalia said the diversion of heavy vehicles could have caused traffic jams in the cities, so they were lined up along the road.
COINCIDES OF PROTEST WITH THE DAY OF THE CONSTITUTION
Farmers have summoned Delhi Chalo to coincide with Constitution Day to protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws. While the government says the three laws will cut out middlemen, allowing farmers to sell their products in commercial markets, protesters fear that this could lead to the government failing to buy products at guaranteed prices, thereby disrupting their payments. punctual.
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