New Delhi: Traffic moved at snail’s pace at several border points of the national capital as police kept key routes connecting Delhi to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh closed in view of the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws, which entered its ninth day on Friday.
Groups of farmers from Uttar Pradesh on Thursday had blocked another important national highway — NH-24 — that connects Delhi to Ghaziabad, leaving those travelling from there to the capital city stranded.
“The Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on NH-24 at Gazipur remains closed for traffic from Ghaziabad to Delhi on Friday, too,” a traffic police official said.
The Delhi Traffic Police tweeted, “People are advised to avoid NH-24 for coming to Delhi and use Apsara/ Bhopra/DND instead.”
The Chilla border on the Noida Link road also remained shut for the fourth day on the trot for traffic coming from Noida to Delhi due to the farmers’ protest near Gautam Budh Dwar.
The traffic police suggested people to avoid the Noida Link road for coming to Delhi and use the DND flyway instead.
As farmers remained unyielding on their demand for scrapping the new farm laws, the police kept the Delhi-Haryana border at Singhu, Tikri, Jharoda Lampur, Auchandi, Safiabad, Piao Maniyari, and Saboli closed for traffic movement.
It said border points at Dhansa, Daurala, Kapashera, Rajokri, NH-8, Bijwasan/Bajghera, Palam Vihar and Dundahera are open for travel between Delhi and Haryana.
“Badusarai border is open only for light motor vehicles like cars and two-wheelers. Jhatikara border is open only for two-wheeler traffic,” it tweeted.
The closure of borders led to the diversion of traffic from Mukarba and GT-Karnal road that led to traffic jams on alternative routes.
