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Defying barbed wires, tear-gas & water jets, farmers inch closer to Delhi
Despite heavy security deployment, groups of agitating farmers from Punjab and Haryana reached near two Delhi borders after breaking police barricades on the way as part of their protest march against the Centre's new farm laws. The Delhi Police has enhanced deployment of security personnel, stationed sand-laden trucks and water cannons and used barbed wire for fencing at the Singhu and Tikri border points (Delhi-Haryana border) to prevent the protesters from entering the city. Police were also deployed on Delhi's border with Faridabad and Gurgaon. However, two groups of farmers reached near the Singhu and Tikri borders as Delhi Police fired tear gas shells to prevent them from entering the city. Situation was tense at the border points as Delhi Police made repeated announcements on loudspeakers asking the farmers to retreat.