Farmers’ 24-hour blockade of e-ways starts today
Sonepat, April 9
Farmers led by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha will block the 135-km-long Kundli-Manesar-Palwal and the 135-km-long Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal expressways from Saturday morning till Sunday morning. The Haryana Police have appealed to the people to avoid the two e-ways.
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Darshan Pal Singh, Krantikari Kisan Union, said the blockade would last from 8 am on Saturday till 8 am on Sunday. Farmers protesting at the Singhu border would block the expressways at Kundli; those at the Tikri border would stop vehicules at Tikri; members of the BKU, Baghpat unit, would stage a protest at the toll plaza between Khekra-Baghpat and farmers at Ghazipur would block the traffic at Dasna. “Emergency services will remain unimpeded,” Darshan Pal explained. — TNS
