NOIDA / GHAZIABAD: Up to 50 farmers were arrested and dozens of different teams such as the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) stopped marching towards Delhi at the zero point of Greater Noida, leading them to organize a sit-in. protest and seek voluntary arrest. The farmers told police that they wanted to go to Delhi to show solidarity with their counterparts in Punjab and Haryana, but were denied entry to the Noida-Greater Noida highway.
A group of farmers who tried to enter Gautam Budh Nagar from Bulandshahr was also stopped at the Luharli tollbooth and a representative group was asked to come forward from the Ghaziabad side.
Meanwhile, travelers had to fight grunts at the DND and Chilla borders, where the Delhi Police It had put up barricades and trucks full of sand to prevent farmers from entering the national capital. In view of the farmers’ march to Delhi, the Ghaziabad police had deployed 500 people to the district’s border with the national capital.
Rajkumar Roopwas, Dadri tehsil president for BKU-Ambwata, told TOI that dozens of farmers had been moving into Delhi in vehicles and tried to cross zero point to enter the Noida-Greater Noida highway, but Greater Noida Police stopped right there. “We insist that we will march to Delhi if not the judicial arrests. Many farmers were arrested and taken to the Knowledge Park police station, ”he said. In the videos of the incident, more DCP (Vishal Pandey) can be seen telling farmers that they would not be allowed to enter Delhi. However, the detainees were released three hours later.
Additionally, Delhi Police and Noida Police deployed a huge police force on the Delhi-Noida borders to prevent farmers from marching towards Delhi and barricades were made at the DND Flyway and Chilla borders, giving travelers a harrowing moment.
“Traffic piled up in the DND because some lanes were closed for traffic moving from Noida to Delhi,” Sunil Pratap Singh, one of the regular passengers, told TOI.
In neighboring Ghaziabad, a group of GB Nagar farmers had reached the Mohan Nagar crossing from where they tried to move to Delhi, but the police did not allow their movement.
The farmers were asked to deliver a memorandum to the additional city magistrate, Vinay Singh, and the circle officer Keshav Mishra, after which they dispersed.
In view of the farmers’ march to Delhi, more than 500 policemen have been deployed to the Ghaziabad-Delhi border. According to the Ghaziabad police, up to 20 checkpoints have been set up at UP Gate and the Kaushambi area near the Ghaziabad-Delhi border. On the blue line, there will be no services from New Ashok Nagar to downtown Noida and from Anand Vihar to Vaishali until 2pm on Friday.
Kalanidhi Naithani, SSP of Ghaziabad, said: “We have sealed the 15 borders of Ghaziabad. All vehicles are allowed after verification. ”
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