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Police use wate… https://t.co/HMr9qWPx0Q — ANI (@ANI) 1538459888000 READ ALSO IN MARATHI NEW DELHI: Farmers marching towards Delhi — as part of the Bharatiya Kisan Union 's (BKU) protest demanding farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices — were stopped at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Tuesday with police using water cannons and firing teargas shells to disperse them.Click here to follow live updates on the farmers' protestThe farmers, riding tractors and trolleys, broke barricades of the UP Police and then started proceeding towards the barricades put up by the Delhi Police, a senior police officer said.Police had to use water cannons to disperse the protesters, who also indulged in sloganeering. Tear gas shells were also fired to disperse the crowd.The police action led to several injuries while one of the protesters lost consciousness, said an agitating farmer. They also claimed that the policemen baton-charged to disperse the protesters.Following the police action, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the farmers should not be stopped from entering the capital. "Farmers should be allowed to enter Delhi. Why are they not being allowed to enter Delhi? This is wrong. We are with the farmers," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.Congress leader Randeep S Surjewala also slammed the highhanded action of the police. "On birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Modi government has shown that it is no different from the pre-independence British govt in India. British government then used to exploit the farmers and today Modi govt is firing tear gas shells at farmers," he said.National Highways leading to the national capital were swamped with farmers who came in from places as far as Gonda, Basti and Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as the sugarcane belt of western Uttar Pradesh.Police picketed the border with Uttar Pradesh, imposing prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people and holding of any public meeting, usage of any amplifier, loudspeaker, and similar instruments.In east Delhi, the prohibitory orders issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Pankaj Singh under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, will be in force until October 8.It covers Preet Vihar, Jagatpuri, Shakarpur, Madhu Vihar, Ghazipur, Mayur Vihar, Mandawli, Pandav Nagar, Kalyanpuri and New Ashok Nagar police station limits.In northeast Delhi, the prohibitory orders were issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur and will be in force till October 4<doc-sep>A massive march of farmers will seek to enter the national capital from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday to press for their 15-point charter of demands even as police, anticipating trouble, have set up heavy barricading on the borders and imposed prohibitory orders across east and northeast Delhi to stop them. An estimated 20,000 farmers, led by Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, are marching from Haridwar to New Delhi with their demands including loan waivers, clearance of pending sugarcane payments and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee Report. Arriving in Ghaziabad on Monday evening, the farmers are camping near Sahibabad as two UP ministers, Suresh Rana and Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, have arrived there for talks. “We will continue our march till our demands are met. The talks (with the ministers) should go on. Whenever we feel that our work is done, we will stop our protest. If farmers are given an assurance, they will be happy. We have already given four years to the government to meet our demands. It is time that our demands are met,” Tikait said. The farmers have also demanded loan waivers and free electricity for running tubewells. They said the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna should be made applicable to all crops and premium must be paid by the government. The other demands include the assurance of a minimum income for farmers and a monthly pension of Rs 5,000 for small and marginal farmers who completed 60 years of age. They have also demanded rehabilitation of families of farmers who had committed suicide. The farmers also want that diesel tractors should be kept out of the ambit of National Green Tribunal directions that have mandated the removal of all diesel vehicles older than 10 years from the National Capital Region. Delhi police have imposed prohibitory orders in the areas bordering Uttar Pradesh anticipating law and order problems. “A large number of protesters are likely to reach Delhi from bordering areas of east district. This may create law and order situation and may create chaos and endanger human life and property in the area,” said deputy commissioner of police (east) Pankaj Singh. With protesters are moving towards the national capital in hundreds of tractor-trolleys and private vehicles, he said: “There is a possibility that they might be carrying sticks/lathis/cans and possibility of them turning unruly on slightest provocation cannot be ruled out”. Meanwhile commuters in east Delhi as well as Noida and Ghaziabad are likely to face a harrowing time on the roads with traffic jams and chaos. Areas such as Preet Vihar, Jagatpuri, Shakarpur, Madhu Vihar, Ghazipur, Mayur Vihar, Mandawli, Pandav Nagar, Kalyanpuri and New Ashok Nagar police station limits will be the worst affected by this. Police said that spillover jams are also likely to be seen around Laxmi Nagar, Mayur Vihar phases-I and II, Akshardham Road and Vikas Marg. The Delhi Traffic Police also warned the commuters that the traffic is likely to be thrown out of gear in south Delhi. As a precautionary measure, commuters going towards Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Muzafarnagar, Roorkee, and Haridwar have been advised to avoid the Meerut Expressway (Ghazipur border) and alternative routes from the Ghazipur chowk, Road number 56 towards ISBT Anand Vihar, Apsara Border, GT Road, Mohan Nagar, and Ghaziabad have been suggested.<doc-sep>
Hack: Protesting farmers who had marched from Haridwar to Delhi as part of the Kisan Kranti Padyatra, ended their march at the Kisan Ghat in the early hours of Wednesday They ended their march after Delhi police removed barricades midnight last night to allow the farmers to enter Delhi and proceed towards Kisan Ghat The farmers entered the national capital riding their tractors and trolleys and proceeded towards Kisan Ghat where heavy police deployment was arranged Protesting farmers who had marched from Haridwar to Delhi as part of the Kisan Kranti Padyatra, ended their march at the Kisan Ghat in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. They ended their march after Delhi police removed barricades midnight last night to allow the farmers to enter Delhi and proceed towards Kisan Ghat. The farmers entered the national capital riding their tractors and trolleys and proceeded towards Kisan Ghat where heavy police deployment was arranged. READ | Mega Farmers' Rally: Heavy Police Deployment At Delhi-UP Border As 70,000 Farmers March Towards National Capital. LIVE UPDATES- Earlier on Tuesday, to find a solution to the farmers’ agitation, Home Minister Rajnath Singh met with a group of farmers belonging to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), along with others. After the meeting, BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said that the Home Minister has assured and discussed “each and every matter of our issues and they said they will help us.” The government accepted 7 out of the 9 demands of the farmers. The two demands that the government refused to meet are related to farm loan waivers and implementation of the Swaminathan report. However, the stalemate continued as the farmers refused to end their protests as the farmers want all their demands to be met. Thousands of farmers to assemble at the Kisan Ghat in New Delhi on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This is the first march taken out by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) since the death of its founder on May 15, 2011. READ | Farmers To Continue Their Protest Even As The Government Accepts Most Of Their Demands HERE’S WHAT THE FARMERS WERE DEMANDING: