Farmers’ protests LIVE updates: Farmers to carry tractor march at the moment

Women being skilled to drive tractors, on the Jind-Patiala nationwide freeway on Monday. (Express picture)
The Haryana Police has given a go-ahead for farmers’ tractor march on KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) Expressway Thursday. “In-principle, we have decided to give permission to the farmers to undertake tractor march on KMP Expressway on Thursday,” Haryana DGP Manoj Yadava instructed The Indian Express Wednesday.
Senior cops Wednesday night held a gathering to finalise the modalities to present permission to the tractor-march, together with its route, timings and variety of the tractors that may take part within the march.
According to Sonipat SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, motion of heavy autos shifting in direction of Delhi facet on Ambala-Delhi freeway (NH-44) can be diverted from Karnal and Panipat and the small autos can be diverted from Sonipat’s Ganaur, Murthal and Bhalgarh. Randhwa additionally mentioned they’ve made sufficient preparations to keep away from jams in Sonipat districts.
Farmer leaders mentioned the decision of tractor march has obtained enormous response from Haryana villages. At a number of locations in Haryana, farmers participated in a rehearsal Wednesday. In Khadwali village in Rohtak district, even girls got here out to take the driving seat in tractors. Village sarpanch Om Prakash Hooda mentioned, “We expect participation of around 1,000 tractor-trolleys from neighbouring villages in the tractor march.”