NEW DELHI: Elaborate preparations have been made to shut off the Punjab-Haryana borders in Ambala, Jind, and Fatehabad districts forward of the farmers’ proposed ‘Delhi Chalo‘ march on February 13. Their calls for embody the enactment of a regulation to ensure a minimal help worth (MSP) for crops.
The Haryana Police has issued a site visitors advisory, urging commuters to restrict journey on the principle roads of the state to pressing conditions on February 13, as there could also be potential site visitors disruptions on main routes from Haryana to Punjab.
Mobile web suspended
To guarantee safety, the Haryana authorities has additionally suspended cellular web providers and bulk SMS in seven districts: Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, and Sirsa. Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur, together with different police officers, visited the Shambhu border close to Ambala to evaluate the state of affairs and make crucial preparations.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have introduced the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, with over 200 farmers’ unions collaborating.
Travel advisory
In the site visitors advisory, the police have advised different routes for commuters touring from Chandigarh to Delhi and vice versa. The Ghaggar flyover on the Shambhu border has been closed for site visitors, with cemented barricades positioned on the highway.
The Ghaggar river mattress has additionally been dug as much as stop farmers from reaching the freeway with their tractors.
The basic public has been requested to journey to Punjab solely in pressing circumstances. The police have issued pointers to senior officers to reduce inconvenience to the general public and keep regulation and order. Traffic routes in affected districts have been quickly modified, and preparations have been made to make sure easy site visitors circulation.
Checkpoints, concrete blocks
Tight safety preparations have been put in place for February 13, with checkpoints arrange at areas the place farmers are anticipated to assemble. Concrete blocks, barbed wire, sandbags, and barricades have been stocked on the Shambhu border in Ambala, in addition to in Jind and Fatehabad districts.

Farmers are getting ready themselves for the march to Delhi, regardless of criticising the Haryana authorities for sealing the borders with Punjab. They are gathering important objects comparable to dry ration, cylinders, stoves, utensils, and mattresses for the march. Tractor trolleys are being readied for the journey.
In Rajpura, farmers performed a tractor march as a part of their preparations. Some farmers have relocated from their properties to different locations in Ambala to keep away from detention by the Haryana police.
A 3-member workforce of Union ministers lately held discussions with farmer group leaders.
Farmers’ calls for
While the ministers assured them of a second spherical of conferences, the farmers have confirmed that their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on February 13 will proceed as deliberate.
The farmers are additionally demanding a authorized assure for MSP, implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions, pensions for farmers and farm laborers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police instances, and justice for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
In 2020, numerous farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh protested on the Shambhu border and broke police obstacles to march in the direction of Delhi. They had been protesting towards the now-repealed farm legal guidelines at Delhi’s border factors – Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur – for a yr.
(With inputs from businesses)