The suspension of mobile internet services and bulk SMS was also ordered by the state government in seven districts – Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa
Ahead of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march proposed by farmers on February 13 in order to accept their various demands, elaborate arrangements are being made to seal the Punjab-Haryana borders in Ambala, Jind and Fatehabad districts.
The Haryana Police on Saturday issued a traffic advisory urging commuters to limit travel on the main roads of the state to urgent situations on February 13, anticipating potential traffic disruptions on major routes from Haryana to Punjab.
The suspension of mobile internet services and bulk SMS was also ordered by the state government in seven districts – Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa. Meanwhile, Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur along with Inspector General of Police (Ambala Range) Siwas Kaviraj and Ambala Superintendent of Police Jashandeep Singh Saturday visited the Shambhu border near Ambala to take stock of the arrangements in the wake of farmers’ proposed march next week.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had announced ’Delhi Chalo’ march by more than 200 farmers’ unions on February 13 to press the Centre to accept several demands, including enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops. In the traffic advisory, police asked commuters going from Chandigarh to Delhi to take alternative routes via Derabassi, Barwala/Ramgarh, Saha, Shahbad, Kurukshetra, or through Panchkula, NH-344 Yamunanagar Indri/Pipli, Karnal.
Similarly, passengers travelling from Delhi to Chandigarh have been asked to reach their destination via Karnal, Indri/Pipli, Yamunanagar, Panchkula, or Kurukshetra, Shahbad, Saha, Barwala, Ramgarh, according to police. The road on the Ghaggar flyover at the Shambhu border was shut for traffic movement with police placing cemented barricades on the road.
The Ghaggar river bed was also dug up to prevent farmers from reaching the highway through tractors, said officials. Commuters travelling towards Ambala through Shambhu border faced inconvenience because of massive traffic snarls, the advisory said.
The general public is appealed to travel to Punjab only in urgent circumstances, it said. According to the advisory, guidelines have been issued to all senior police officers to minimise inconvenience to the general public and ensure the smooth functioning of law and order.
