Farmers’ protest: Farmers to begin Delhi march from Shambhu border at 1 pm

A jatha group of 101 farmers will embark on a foot march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from their farmers protest site at the Shambhu border on the Punjab and Haryana border reported news agency PTIThe farmers are marching to force the Centre for a legal guarantee for minimum support price for cropsA heavy deployment of security personnel has been made on the Haryana side of the borderThe Ambala district administration has already issued an order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita BNSS restricting any unlawful assembly of five or more persons in the district reported PTIAccording to the order issued by the deputy commissioner any procession on foot vehicles or other modes has been prohibited till further ordersMeanwhile Ambala authorities ordered the closure of all government and private schools in the districtThe government and private schools will remain closed on Friday District Education Officer Ambala Suresh Kumar said reported PTIA multilayered barricading is already in place at the Shambhu border point Rajpura PunjabAmbala Haryana on National Highway44Water cannons have also been deployed at the Shambhu borderFarmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher termed the 101 farmers who will begin the march marjeevras someone willing to die for a cause reported PTIPandher who said the march would be carried out in a peaceful manner slammed the Haryana administrations prohibiting the foot marchOn Thursday he said farmers will not take any tractortrolley with themThe Ambala deputy commissionercumdistrict magistrate in an order dated November 30 prohibited unlawful assembly of five or more persons and taking out any procession on foot vehicles or through any other modeIt is apprehended that a large number of protesters are likely to come from Punjab and Haryana and assemble at Shambhu border to move towards Delhi Hence appropriate steps need to be taken at the border points and within the district including the issuance of prohibitory orders under Section 163 of BNSS so as not to allow movement of any such person without prior permission the order read reported PTIAccording to farmers the first jatha will be led by farmer leaders Satnam Singh Pannu Surinder Singh Chautala Surjit Singh Phul and Baljinder SinghThe jatha will carry only essential items with themCentral paramilitary forces have also been deployed on the Haryana side of the borderThe Ambala district administration on Wednesday asked the farmers to reconsider their march and contemplate any action only after obtaining permission from Delhi PoliceThe farmers are gathered under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha nonpolitical and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forcesMeanwhile SKM leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal continue to be on his fastuntodeath at the Khanauri border point reported PTIBesides MSP the farmers are also demanding farm debt waiver pension for farmers and farm labourers no hike in electricity tariff withdrawal of police cases against farmers and justice for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence reported PTIReinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act 2013 and compensation to the families of farmers who died during the previous agitation in 202021 are also part of their demandsWith inputs from PTI