Ahead of farmers' march on February 13, Section 144 enforced on Delhi-UP borders

Ahead of the farmers march to the national capital on February 13 Tuesday Delhi Police on Sunday imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in NorthEast Delhi and at the borders with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh to avoid any untoward incidents and ensure law and orderThe city police also announced the imposition of Section 144 in the Shahadara and Gandhi Nagar areas of the Capital effectively banning large gatherings until March 11This decision comes ahead of the Delhi Chalo march organised by approximately 200 farmers unions to press for a raft of demands including a separate law to ensure Minimum Support Price MSP for farm produce and the withdrawal of cases filed against them during previous demonstrationsInformation has been received that some farmer organisations have given a call to their supporters to gathermarch to Delhi on 13th February for their demands of the law on MSP and others They are likely to sit at the border of Delhi till their demands are met To avoid any untoward incident and to maintain Law and Order a precautionary Order of section 144 Criminal Procedure Code 1973 is required to be issued to save the lives and property in the area read an order issued by Delhi Police on SundayFurther as per the order public gathering at all areas on the UP border and nearby areas within the ambit of the NorthEast district of Delhi Police will remain prohibitedProhibit entering of Tractors Trolleys Buses Trucks commercial vehicles personal vehicles on horses etc carrying protestors in Delhi from Uttar Pradesh Order that the North East District Police shall make all efforts to prevent protestors from entering Delhi the order addedIt stated further that no person or protestor shall be allowed to bear arms including firearms swords trishul spears lathi rods etcNorth East District Police shall make all efforts to detain these persons at the spot Order that any person found to be acting in contravention to this order shall be liable to be punished under section 188 of the India Penal Code 1860 the order addedElaborate arrangements are also underway to seal the PunjabHaryana borders in Ambala Jind and Fatehabad districts ahead of the planned Delhi Chalo marchDelhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora also visited the Tikri Singhu and Ghazipur borders to take stock of security and briefed the deployed personnel to deal with every situationAccording to sources a request has been placed for central armed forces on these three border areas of DelhiAs many as 1000 to 1500 Delhi Police personnel will be deployed in each of these border areas However the pattern of deployment and the number of personnel will change as per the situation in these areas Apart from this iron containers and cemented barricades are also being put up in the borders and will be used as and when needed a source saidThe protesting farmers are adamant on a piece of legislation guaranteeing MSP one of the conditions they had set when they agreed to withdraw their agitation against the nowrepealed farm laws in 2021They are also demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Commissions recommendations pensions for farmers and farm labourers farm debt waiver withdrawal of police cases and justice for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever