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Farmer build-up begins; HC says 'no' to tractors
The Morning Standard
|February 21, 2024
BATTLE lines were drawn along the Punjab-Haryana border with farmers bringing in heavy machinery, including hydraulic cranes and earth movers, to break the police barricades as they resume their Dilli Chalo march on Wednesday, as day after they rejected a formula floated by the Centre.
In a new twist later in the day, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said tractor trolleys cannot run on highways as per the Motor Vehicles Act.
0 It advised farmers to use buses or public transport to go to Delhi instead. A bench of Acting Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji also orally directed the Punjab government to ensure that farmers do not gather in large numbers.
This story is from the February 21, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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