New Delhi: As a huge number of farmers from Punjab and Haryana set out on the Delhi Chalo journey and arrive at the NCR borders, “emergency brakes” had to be applied on the forward journey of another regular lot – the truck drivers on long hauls.
With the national capital’s Tikri border connecting Haryana shut because of angry farmers against the Centre’s three Farm Laws, the truck drivers are facing the brunt
For as far back as two days most truck drivers on long-distance journeys have been stuck at the borders.
Speaking to IANS, truck driver Rajinder Solanki stated: “I have been stuck here since 6 a.m. Friday. I was taking packages to Ahmedabad but got stuck here due to the closure of borders.”
He added that he alongside other drivers have been told not to leave their vehicles.
Another driver, Naresh Kumar said that he was stuck here for the past two days as he was to take plastic bundles to Rajasthan. He said: “There is no arrangement for food and we are facing a lot of problems due to that.”
Haryana and Punjab farmers protesting in Delhi on Friday got support from their counterparts in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, who will join the mix in the following few days, farmer leaders from these states said.
Protests were seen on Friday in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh also. There could be a potential stand-off on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh interstate border on Saturday as farmers from Uttarakhand, UP and MP will attempt to enter the Capital from there.
Subsequent to fighting water cannons and tear gas shells for quite a long time on Friday at the Delhi-Haryana border in Sonipat and Jhajjar, a large number of farmers from Haryana and Punjab were permitted at evening to enter through the Tikri border and hold their protest at Burari in north-west Delhi against the three recently enacted farm laws.
