Haryana farmers protest at Delhi-Chandigarh highway, police use water cannons to disperse protesters
As per the protesters, they had given the government time till Monday, but their demand was taken into account.
As per the protesters, they had given the government time till Monday, but their demand was taken into account.
No one, however affluent he might be, will be allowed to take the environmental norms for granted. Whoever flouts the stipulated norms framed by the state government will be dealt with sternly, said the Punjab chief minister.
The farmers’ joint action committee (JAC) observed the bandh at the Kamareddy district on Friday which saw shops and commercial establishments closed, roads empty and preventive arrest of several leaders of BJP and Congress who have extended support to the farmers.
Protestors tried to lay a siege to the collectorate demanding the withdrawal of the master plan following the death of a farmer called Ramulu who hanged himself after he found his land to be part of the master plan.
At the Singhu border, Delhi Police has increased the security forces, and each person and every vehicle is being checked thoroughly.
Ahead of the farmers' call to protest at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital on August 22, the Delhi Police has tightened security at Delhi-Tikri border and has put up cemented barricades. Farmers have now started arriving in the city.
Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators Association President Kurubur Shanthakumar said that he had addressed a letter to Bengaluru RBI Chief 20 days prior but had not received a response.
Hundreds of farmers have gathered broken past the first barricade of the Punjab Police at Mohali and are squatting near the second barricade seeking an audience with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to take up with him the list of their demands.
The PKI president also said that animals, poultry, fish, and farmers' kids would be attending the protest along with farmers next month.
His statement comes days after the Centre repealed the three agricultural laws against which several farmers' unions had been protesting for nearly a year.
