The Delhi Police has intensified patrolling and deployed extra personnel at pickets in border areas of national capital ahead of the ‘Bharat Bandh” called by farmer unions on September 27 to protest the Centre’s three farm laws, officials said on Sunday.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers’ agitation, had earlier appealed to the people to join the bandh. Patrolling has been intensified, extra personnel have been deployed at the pickets especially across the border areas and every vehicle entering the national capital is being thoroughly checked, according to the police.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said, “In view of Bharat Bandh, adequate security arrangements have been made as a precautionary measure. The bandh will be held from 6am to 4pm PM during which all government and private offices, educational and other institutions, shops, industries and commercial establishments as well as public events and functions will be closed throughout the country, it had said.
