Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 29: After almost 11 months of being blocked due to the farmers’ agitation against the Central farm laws, Delhi police have started removing barricades at the Gazipur and Tikri borders.
The process of opening the roads has been started from one side of the carriageway for vehicles going from Ghaziabad to New Delhi at the Gazipur border. At Gazipur, Delhi police initiated the action early today and removed all the barricades and barbed wires to open the roads.
Notably, these borders were shut for over 11 months in the wake of the January 26 violence during the farmers’ protest.
Dependra Pathak, Special CP Law and Order said that in a short while the Gazipur border will be opened for commuters. Meanwhile, the barricades have still not been removed from the Singhu border and the road remains closed. The farmers Unions, however, said that their protest will continue and they were not the ones who blocked the roads in the first place.
Earlier on October 21, the Supreme Court said that farmers have the right to protest but roads cannot be blocked indefinitely.
