Farmers started march towards Delhi, Punjab-Haryana border was fortified.

After a meeting with two Union ministers on their demands, including legal guarantee of MSP for crops, remained inconclusive, farmers from Punjab launched a ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on the morning of Tuesday, February 13, to press for their demands.

Farmers plan to go to Delhi from Ambala-Shambhu, Khanauri-Jind and Dabwali borders.

Many farmers started the march from Fatehgarh Sahib around 10 am with their tractor trolleys and are moving towards Delhi via Shambhu border. Another group is moving towards the national capital through Khanauri border from Mehal Kalan in Sangrur.

Authorities in Haryana have strengthened the state’s borders with Punjab at several places in Ambala, Jind, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra and Sirsa, using concrete blocks, iron nails and barbed wire to thwart the proposed march.

Riot control vehicles including water cannons have also been deployed at several places on the Punjab and Haryana border.

The Haryana government has also imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in 15 districts, banning the gathering of five or more people and any kind of demonstration or march with tractor trolleys.

Security has been beefed up at border points in Delhi with multi-layer barricades, concrete blocks, iron nails and walls of containers.

Tractor trolleys came out from different parts of Punjab to join the protest march on Monday.

Farmers packed essential items including dry ration, mattresses and utensils on tractor trolleys carrying flags of farm unions.

The convoy of tractor trolleys also included an excavator, which a farmer in Amritsar said would be used to break barricades.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had announced that farmers would be in Delhi on Tuesday to pressurize the Center to accept their demands, including making a law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for crops. Will go. ,