Hours after the All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti called off the agitation planned to take place in the national Capital on Monday, Delhi Police on Sunday mainatained that security arrangements on Monday will still remain in place. Special Commissioner of Police and Delhi Police Spokesperson Dependra Pathak said, “In light of the Jat agitation being called off, security arrangements will remain in place. Delhi Police has made three tier security arrangements across all parts of Delhi. To ensure that the students of CBSE and other entrance examinations do not face trouble on Monday, our force will keep a continuous watch on the movements of vehicles across all routes.”
The Delhi Police on Friday had said that more than 35,000 police personnel will man the streets of the Delhi in hindsight of the Jat protestors who had claimed to block the supply of essential commodities such as milk and vegetables to Delhi. On March 2, the jatt agitation supporters who had been demanding reservation in Government schools and jobs had claimed that they will block the streets of Delhi with tractors and trolleys.
In order to maintain the law and order situation in the national Capital, The Delhi Police had made elaborate security arrangements. The police had said that they will bar the entry of tractors and trolleys to the city. Police personnel had been patrolling in the bordering areas of the city 24x7. local police had been carrying out checks in the border areas and had been vigilant about the movement of any suspicious vehicle carrying weapons such as lathi and iron rods.
On Sunday too, Senior police officers of the Eastern Range of the Delhi Police chaired a meeting with their DCPs, ACPs, SHOs. The meeting was chaired by Joint Commissioner of Police Ravindra Yadav where the Delhi Police personnel got together with the police personnel from the Uttar Pradesh police and discussed about jatt agitation. Senior police officers of the Southwest district too had been deploying barricades and pickets in the bordering areas in light of the jatt agitation which has been deferred for 15 days after a meeting was held between the members of the All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti and the top officials of the Haryana Government.
The senior police official said that Delhi Police will keep a close watch on all bus depots, local trains and metro trains.
To ensure that the common man does not feel trapped on the city roads, the Delhi Traffic Police said that no traffic restrictions will be kept for the common man.
Garima Bhatnagar, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, said, “There will be no traffic restrictions for the common man on the city roads. Except the areas of the New Delhi district, the general public will be allowed to travel and have access on all parts of the city. Security checks will be carried in the areas of New Delhi district thereby the public is requested to avoid the stretches. Meanwhile, all Delhi Metro trains, buses of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will ply as usual.”