After removing barricades and barbed wire from peasants’ protest areas, Delhi police said they wanted to “create a positive atmosphere” for people who “faced many problems”.
Delhi police removed barricades from the peasants’ protest area on the Ghazipur border. (PTI photo)
After removing barricades and barbed wire from peasants’ protest areas on the borders of Ghazipur and Tikri, the Delhi police said they wanted to “create a positive atmosphere” for people who “faced many problems”.
“The general public who regularly travel has had many problems with it, so we decided to open the borders for the sake of convenience,” said Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, as quoted by ANI news agency.
“After discussions with farm leaders and police officers from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, it was decided to open the borders and create a positive atmosphere,” he said, adding that barricades and barbed wire at the locations of the farmers’ protests are also affecting international travel.
As a result of peasants’ protests on the streets, the barricades that affected the interstate traffic of people and commercial vehicles continued. After discussions with farm leaders, UP and Haryana police officers, it was decided to open the borders and create a positive atmosphere: Delhi CP Rakesh Asthana pic.twitter.com/04BdQZ4t8J
-ANI (@ANI) October 29, 2021
On Thursday, the Delhi police started the Barricades and barbed wires it had installed on the border with Tikri 10 months ago to prevent farmers protesting the centre’s three agricultural laws from marching towards the state capital.
The police repeated the action on Friday along the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh near Ghazipur. In the past year, several layers of iron and cement barricades and at least five layers of accordion wires were built and reinforced after the acts of violence on January 26th this year.
The Delhi police took the initiative to remove barricades and barbed wire from the borders after the Supreme Court ruled on October 21 that roads could not be closed indefinitely. However, the top court had found that the farmers have a right to protest.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the centre’s three farm laws at three border points – Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri – outside of Delhi since November 26th last year.
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