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Chandigarh As the farmer organisations are gearing up to take part in ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation on February 13 to press for their demands, the Punjab and Haryana borders have been closed for vehicular traffic. The traffic routes have been diverted.
The Ambala and Patiala Police have started diverting the traffic and have also issued diversion routes for the commuters.
Farmers demand MSP
The demands of the farmer organisations include a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP) and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations.
On Thursday, massive traffic jams were witnessed on the Delhi-Noida border as police personnel were deployed to check vehicles after a protest called by farmers in Noida and Greater Noida.
union ministers held a meeting with the leaders of farmer organisations
Amid the farmer’s protest in Delhi-NCR, later a team of three union ministers held a meeting with the leaders of farmer organisations in Chandigarh.
Farmer groups in Noida and Greater Noida have been protesting since December 2023, with demands for greater compensation and developed plots against their lands acquired by the local development authorities in the past.
