Farmers protest Delhi Police starts removing barricades at Tikri border point
New Delhi Oct 28 PTI The Delhi Police on Thursday night started removing roadblocks placed at the Tikri border point where farmers have been protesting against the Centres three farm laws with sources indicating that one carriageway of the road will open in the coming daysThe move comes days after a Supreme Court hearing that saw farmer unions arguing that the police were responsible for the blockade at the Delhi bordersThe police had put multiple layers of barricades on the roads complete with giant nails and huge concrete blocks as thousands of farmers had tried to cross Delhi borders in November last yearFour out of the eight layers of barricades at the Tikri border have been removed However the cement barricades are still there and the road remains closed for commuters an officer said In videos doing the rounds on social media JCB machines were seen removing blockades at the Tikri borderSources in the Delhi Police said that such exercise is likely to be launched at Singhu and Ghazipur border points in the coming daysThousands of farmers have been camping at the three borders points — Tikri Singhu and Ghazipur — protesting the Centres three farm laws since November 26 2020About the removal of blockades at the Tikri Border on Thursday night a senior police officer said some layers of barricades that were placed by the police have been removed The arrangement at the Tikri border in terms of infrastructure has been reduced Seven to eight layers of different types of barricades were placed earlier and we have removed some of them the officer saidThis is done as a move to open the road for traffic soon he saidAt present there is no traffic flow as the roads are closed Barricades will be completely removed soon to slowly ease the flow of traffic the officer addedThe Supreme Court on October 21 had said farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the three farms laws have the right to agitate but they cannot block roads indefinitely even as the farmer unions and the government got embroiled in a blame gameWhile the farmers unions alleged that the police were responsible for the blockade as it suits them to allow a feeling among citizens that farmers are blocking the road the Centre said there was an oblique purpose behind the protestsAfter the court hearing the Bhartiya Kisan Union BKU whose supporters and office-bearers led by Rakesh Tikait are camping at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border since November 2020 had said the barriers at the protest site have been put by the Delhi police and not farmersTikait the national spokesperson of the BKU said protesters at Ghazipur have cleared the path on a service lane leading to the national capital but Delhi Polices barricades were still present there PTI AMPNIT BUN NSD NSD
New Delhi Oct 28 PTI The Delhi Police on Thursday night started removing roadblocks placed at the Tikri border point where farmers have been protesting against the Centres three farm laws with sources indicating that one carriageway of the road will open in the coming daysThe move comes days after a Supreme Court hearing that saw farmer unions arguing that the police were responsible for the blockade at the Delhi bordersThe police had put multiple layers of barricades on the roads complete with giant nails and huge concrete blocks as thousands of farmers had tried to cross Delhi borders in November last yearFour out of the eight layers of barricades at the Tikri border have been removed However the cement barricades are still there and the road remains closed for commuters an officer said In videos doing the rounds on social media JCB machines were seen removing blockades at the Tikri borderSources in the Delhi Police said that such exercise is likely to be launched at Singhu and Ghazipur border points in the coming daysThousands of farmers have been camping at the three borders points — Tikri Singhu and Ghazipur — protesting the Centres three farm laws since November 26 2020About the removal of blockades at the Tikri Border on Thursday night a senior police officer said some layers of barricades that were placed by the police have been removed The arrangement at the Tikri border in terms of infrastructure has been reduced Seven to eight layers of different types of barricades were placed earlier and we have removed some of them the officer saidThis is done as a move to open the road for traffic soon he saidAt present there is no traffic flow as the roads are closed Barricades will be completely removed soon to slowly ease the flow of traffic the officer addedThe Supreme Court on October 21 had said farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the three farms laws have the right to agitate but they cannot block roads indefinitely even as the farmer unions and the government got embroiled in a blame gameWhile the farmers unions alleged that the police were responsible for the blockade as it suits them to allow a feeling among citizens that farmers are blocking the road the Centre said there was an oblique purpose behind the protestsAfter the court hearing the Bhartiya Kisan Union BKU whose supporters and office-bearers led by Rakesh Tikait are camping at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border since November 2020 had said the barriers at the protest site have been put by the Delhi police and not farmersTikait the national spokesperson of the BKU said protesters at Ghazipur have cleared the path on a service lane leading to the national capital but Delhi Polices barricades were still present there PTI AMPNIT BUN NSD NSD
