Cops Remove Barricades as Farmers Vacate Noida Expressway, Traffic Resumes

Cops Remove Barricades as Farmers Vacate Noida Expressway: Farmers from Punjab initiated the 'Delhi Chalo' march towards Parliament to demand compensation and benefits associated with agricultural reforms, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP) but broke the police barricades near Dalit Prerna Sthal, Noida, and started moving towards Delhi.

However, following talks with cops, the farmers vacated the protest site. After this, police removed the barricades and normal normalcy returned to traffic.

Among their demands are the allotment of 10 percent for developed plots for the displaced farmers, new legal benefits, and acceptance of a state committee's recommendations for farmer welfare.

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Joint CP Law and Order Noida, Shivhari Meena, told ANI, "The farmers had announced the 'Delhi Challo' march today and we were continuously holding talks with them. The farmers have told their demands to the officials and officials have given them an assurance. The traffic has returned to normalcy."

Thus Bhartiya Kisan Parishad (BKP) declared its intention earlier to march towards Delhi on Monday along with Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), and other farmers' organizations regarding compensation and benefits through the newly implemented agricultural laws.

Additional Commissioner of Police (East) Sagar Singh Kalsi told PTI, "We have made adequate arrangements at the East Delhi borders and have taken all precautionary measures, including anti-riot equipment. We are using drones for surveillance and are also coordinating with traffic police to ensure smooth vehicular movement in the area."

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While on Monday, the Supreme Court asked Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike in Khanauri border point to put pressure for the acceptance of demands of farmers, to convince the protesting farmers about not blocking highways and causing inconvenience.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan disposed of a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Dallewal, who was taken off the Khanauri protest site on the Punjab-Haryana border on November 26.

"We have seen that he has been released and he even persuaded a fellow protestor to end his fast-unto-death protest on Saturday," the bench said, adding that the issue raised by the farmers has been noted by the court and is considered in a pending matter.

"In a democratic setup, you can engage in peaceful protests but do not cause inconvenience to people. You all know that the Khanauri border is a lifeline for Punjab. We are not commenting on whether the protest is right or wrong," the bench told advocate Guninder Kaur Gill, appearing on behalf of Dallewal.

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