NEW DELHI, March 14 — Police in the Indian capital put up barricades, stepped up security and warned of traffic congestion today as thousands of protesting farmers were due to...
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Farmers sitting on railway tracks block a train in transit during the ‘Rail Roko’ protest to demand minimum crop prices on March 10, 2024. Thousands of Indian farmers on February 13, launched what they have dubbed ‘Delhi Chalo’, to demand a law to fix a minimum price for their crops, in addition to other concessions including the waiving of loans.
Police have permitted 5,000 farmers to gather at the ground but farmers’ leaders said they could not promise to stick to that limit, local media reported.“A huge gathering of people from all parts of India is expected to attend the protest,” Delhi Police said in a traffic advisory on Wednesday.
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