New Delhi: New Delhi: The three-hour Chakka Jam of farmers called in protest against agricultural laws is over. In Fatehabad, Haryana, the farmers ended the program of chakka jam by playing horn of vehicles. The nationwide Chakka Jam program was peaceful. Except for Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, farmers blocked the highways during Chakka Jam. The protesting farmers blocked many other highways including the Palwal Highway. Delhi was kept on high alert in view of Chakka Jam. Tight security arrangements were made in the national capital. Around 50,000 soldiers were deployed in Delhi-NCR.
The call for ‘Chakka Jam’ that began sharp at noon, was given by joint farmers’ union — Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). The farmers’ body had on Friday said that the National and state highways across the country will be jammed from 1200 hrs to 1500 hrs.
According to reports arriving here, vehicular traffic was disrupted as farmers blocked the roads at many places. However, there was no report of any untoward incident received from anywhere so far.
Hundreds of farmers from Punjab and Haryana gathered at the Shambhu border, which witnessed the first scenes of farmers-police. Heavy police force was deployed along the border in the Haryana side, while, in contrast, there was very less presence of police personnel in the Punjab side.
“Enough is enough! The government should immediately roll back the black laws,” a protesting farmer told UNI at Ghazipur border which became the epicenter of the peasant’s protests after an emotional appeal by farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on January 30.
The National Highway 1 connecting the national capital with Chandigarh was blocked at Karnal while NH 44 was blocked near Ludhiana in Punjab. The joint farmers’ body had said that the three-hour Chakka jam will remain peaceful and non-violent. “The protesters are instructed not to engage in any confrontation with any officers, employees or common people during the protest,” SKM said.
