Borders fortified as city grapples with traffic jams

THE 'Delhi Chalo' march was put on hold on Wednesday for two days following the death of a man and injuries sustained by many during protests near the Haryana border.

- UJWAL JALALI

However, the Delhi police remain vigilant as the farmers may resume their agitation. Barricades, adorned with barbed wires, cement boulders, and nails, obstruct the roads, while trenches dug alongside await the protesting farmers as they march towards Delhi.

Notably, the farmers are not only seeking a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price but also demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pension for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waivers, and no hike in electricity tariffs. They have also urged the government to withdraw police cases against them, provide justice to the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstate the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, and compensate the families of farmers who died during previous agitations in 2020-21.