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Traffic motion remained regular throughout Chakka jam in Delhi, no violence reported

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New Delhi: Traffic motion was regular within the nationwide capital on Saturday through the chakka jam name given by farmers, stated Delhi police.
Talking to media, Delhi Police Public Relation Officer (PRO) Chinmoy Biswal stated, “The traffic movement is normal and the life is going on as usual here,” including that no violent incidents passed off in Delhi. Delhi Police PRO stated, “The Chakka Jaam call wasn’t for Delhi but in the wake of January 26 violence, we had made heavy security arrangements.”
“Security was further tightened at Delhi’s border areas where farmers are gathered in large numbers. The security forces are still deployed at the protest site,” the official added.
He stated that “police had made a number of preventive detentions in public interest.”
Numerous folks have been detained close to Shaheedi Park in central Delhi for allegedly holding a protest in assist of the ‘chakka jam’ name given by farmers.

This Chakka Jaam protest was not a lawful permitted exercise, as blocking roads can’t be a part of a democratic protest, he added.
To monitor the aftermath of the Chakka Jaam protest, a group of Delhi police is continually conserving observe of social media.
Farmers’ unions carried out a 3-hour ‘chakka jam’ throughout the nation between 12 midday and three pm on February 6. However, the farmers protesting on the Capital’s border had assured that they might not enter Delhi.
Eleven rounds of talks have been held between the federal government and the protesting farmer unions over their demand for the repeal of farm legal guidelines. The authorities has supplied to place the brand new farm legal guidelines on maintain for about 18 months.

Farmers have been protesting at completely different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 final yr 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.