New Delhi: Delhi Police has initiated the process of partially opening Singhu and Tikri borders.
“We have started removing barricades from the Singhu border and intend to open two lanes for both incoming and outgoing traffic by Sunday evening,” a police source said. The border is the gateway to Haryana and Punjab.
A senior officer said they had opened one lane in Tikri.“We are planning to open more lanes, but it will take some time,” the officer added. Tikri borders Mundka on one side and Bahadurgarh on the other.
The decision to open lanes for traffic will offer relief to the residents who have been getting inconvenienced due to blockades for the nearly past ten days. Several patients struggled to access healthcare, while businesses and industries feared disruptions causing losses.
The two borders were sealed on Feb 13 as protesting farmers from Punjab began their Delhi Chalo march. At the Tikri border, iron barriers, jersey barricades, shipping containers, barbed wire fences and iron spikes have been used to create a security jungle. While hydraulic cranes were used to fortify this makeshift border, the Haryana police, along with paramilitary units armed with sophisticated weaponry, were strategically deployed. Similar scenes were there at the Singhu too.
“We have started removing barricades from the Singhu border and intend to open two lanes for both incoming and outgoing traffic by Sunday evening,” a police source said. The border is the gateway to Haryana and Punjab.
A senior officer said they had opened one lane in Tikri.“We are planning to open more lanes, but it will take some time,” the officer added. Tikri borders Mundka on one side and Bahadurgarh on the other.
The decision to open lanes for traffic will offer relief to the residents who have been getting inconvenienced due to blockades for the nearly past ten days. Several patients struggled to access healthcare, while businesses and industries feared disruptions causing losses.
The two borders were sealed on Feb 13 as protesting farmers from Punjab began their Delhi Chalo march. At the Tikri border, iron barriers, jersey barricades, shipping containers, barbed wire fences and iron spikes have been used to create a security jungle. While hydraulic cranes were used to fortify this makeshift border, the Haryana police, along with paramilitary units armed with sophisticated weaponry, were strategically deployed. Similar scenes were there at the Singhu too.