New Delhi: Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary and Reserve Forces deployed in Delhi-NCR area to keep up legislation and order scenario right here on Saturday, amid ‘chakka jaam’ name by the protesting farmers’ representatives. At least 12 metro stations have additionally been placed on alert, police mentioned.
Farmer unions on Monday introduced a national ‘chakka jam’ on February 6. Heavy deployment of police personnel seen at Red Fort, as a safety measure to dispel actions ensuing from the requires ‘Chakka Jaam.’
“Around 50,000 personnel of Police, Paramilitary and Reserve Forces deployed in Delhi-NCR region. At least 12 metro stations in the national capital have been put on alert for closing the entry and exit, in view of any disturbance,” Delhi Police mentioned.
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Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary & Reserve Forces deployed in Delhi-NCR area. At least 12 metro stations within the nationwide capital have been placed on alert for closing the entry & exit, in view of any disturbance: Delhi Police#FarmersProtest https://t.co/40jTX4M9av
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2021
Meanwhile, safety throughout Delhi tightened on Saturday with the deployment of additional forces, placing up multi-layered barricades and barbed wires on the roads forward of the proposed ‘chakka jam’ by farmer unions.
Delhi: Extensive barricading measures undertaken at Ghazipur border with water cannon automobiles deployed, as a preemptive measure to cope with attainable disturbances ensuing from ‘Chakka Jaam’ calls by farmer unions protesting farm legal guidelines
Visuals from the Delhi facet of the border pic.twitter.com/wQcfu5CTDN
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2021
Police together with the barricading measures on the Minto Bridge space deployed. The space has been blockaded as a peremptory counter-measure to thwart the calls. Barbed wires positioned over police barricades seen in Delhi’s ITO space.
Farmers have been protesting at completely different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 final 12 months towards the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
