Chandigarh, August 22 (Press ki Taquat)
Heavy police force was deployed on the periphery of Chandigarh on Tuesday to prevent the entry of crowds of protesting farmers who were demanding compensation from the government for the damage to the crop caused due to floods.
To prevent any untoward incident, even Rapid Action Force (RAF) was deployed at Mohali border as the farmers, under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha that comprises 16 farmer outfits from Punjab and Haryana, started their planned march towards Chandigarh.
Farmers blocked the Hisar-Chandigarh highway in Ambala City after they were denied permission to march towards Chandigarh.
Ambala IG Sibash Kabiraj said: “Over 100 farmers have been detained. They were marching towards Chandigarh. Eight companies have been deployed and 20 nakas put up. Vehicles going towards Chandigarh are being checked.”
Elsewhere, farmers staged sit-in protests on toll plazas on national highways to press the state government to accept their demands, including farm debt waiver and remunerative prices for their crops.
During their protest, the farmers did not allow the fee to be deducted for vehicles passing through the toll plazas.
As a preventive measure, the Punjab police have taken over 100 farmer leaders from across the state into preventive custody ahead of Tuesday’s protest march.
