Farmers’ Chakka Jam: Security tightened in Delhi, on excessive alert to avert Jan 26 repeat

New Delhi: Security throughout the nationwide capital tightened on Saturday with the deployment of additional forces, placing up multi-layered barricades and barbed wires on the roads forward of the proposed ‘chakka jam’ by farmer unions who have been protesting towards the Centre’s farm legal guidelines for over two months.
Farmer unions on Monday introduced a national ‘chakka jam’ on February 6. Heavy deployment of police personnel seen at Red Fort, as a safety measure to dispel actions ensuing from the requires ‘Chakka Jaam.’
Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary & Reserve Forces deployed in Delhi-NCR area.

Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary & Reserve Forces deployed in Delhi-NCR area. At least 12 metro stations within the nationwide capital have been placed on alert for closing the entry & exit, in view of any disturbance: Delhi Police#FarmersProtest https://t.co/40jTX4M9av
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2021

Police together with the barricading measures on the Minto Bridge space deployed. The space has been blockaded as a peremptory counter-measure to thwart the calls. Barbed wires positioned over police barricades seen in Delhi’s ITO space.
Delhi Police on Friday mentioned satisfactory safety preparations are in place at borders to stop any untoward incident and social media contents are underneath surveillance to stop the unfold of false rumours forward of ‘chakka jam.’

Delhi: Extensive barricading measures undertaken at Ghazipur border with water cannon autos deployed, as a preemptive measure to cope with potential disturbances ensuing from ‘Chakka Jaam’ calls by farmer unions protesting farm legal guidelines
Visuals from the Delhi facet of the border pic.twitter.com/wQcfu5CTDN
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2021

“Agitating farmers have proposed ‘chakka jam’ tomorrow. In view of the violence that happened on January 26, Delhi Police have made adequate security arrangements at borders so that miscreants can not enter the national capital”, mentioned Delhi Police Public Relations Officer, Chinmoy Biswal.
Farmers have been protesting at totally different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 final 12 months towards the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.