Delhi Police OK’s routes of rally to be held after R-Day celebrations
After several rounds of talks between the Delhi Police and farmers’ unions, the police on Sunday finalised the proposed tractor rally routes inside the national Capital on January 26. Police said the tractor rally will begin amid tight security after Republic Day celebrations conclude.
Police also said there are intelligence inputs suggesting that there are elements, which pose threats to the proposed rally and they may disrupt it.
“After analysis of Twitter handles revealed that there are 308 such accounts created in Pakistan which are attempting to create confusion and thus disturbances during farmers rally,” said police.
According to sources, the Delhi Police Cyber teams are keeping eyes on social media to track the miscreants.
Police said the rally will be conducted in three parts — first from Singhu border which have 62 km route, then from Tikri border with around 60 km route and Ghazipur Border with 46 km route. “There are approximately 12,000 to 13,000 tractors at various border —around 7,000 to 8,000 at Tikri, around 5,000 at Singhu and around 1,000 at Ghazipur border which is expected to go up in coming days,” said police.
As the farmers wanted to do a tractor rally on January 26, police have come to a conclusion that the rally will be conducted after the timing of the Republic Day Celebration ends. Police has given them around 170 kilometres of distance in three routes,” said the Special CP.
“The rally will start from Singhu border and pass through Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Kanjhawala, Bawana, Auchandi Border, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and will return to Singhu border. It will cover around 62 kilometres stretch. Police teams have done the assessment of these routes,” said the Special CP.
“From Tikri border, the farmers have been given the route which will pass through Nangloi, Najafgarh, Jharoda, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and then will head back to Tikri border. They will cover a distance of around 63 kilometres,” said the Special CP.
“The farmers tractor rally from Ghazipur border will pass through Apsara Border, Hapur Road Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and conclude at Ghazipur. Those farmers’ groups will cover 46 kilometres of distance,” said the Special CP.
“The barricades and other security arrangements will be removed and the farmer will enter the national capital. Later, they will return to their destinations after covering a respectable distance,” said the Special CP.
“For the Delhi Police, it will be a challenging task. We have spoken to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Police officers about how it will be conducted in a convenient way. The rally will be started after the time period of the Republic Day Celebration ended,” he said.
“Police have also told farmers that the expected number of tractors should be distributed in a way that the rally will be concluded in a peaceful and disciplined way and adequate security will be provided to the rally by the police,” said police official.
Police said farmers’ union Sanyukt Kisan Morcha had assured them that they will go back to their respective places from where the rally started.
While police tried to convince farmer leaders to hold their tractor parade outside the national capital, they were adamant on holding the proposed rally on Delhi’s busy Outer Ring Road.
Earlier, there have been three rounds of meetings between the unions and police officers from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, but it was during the fourth round of talks over the tractor parade on Friday where both sides reached an agreement.