India- Rail Roko: Delhi Metro shuts entry, exit at 4 stations | NewsBytes

2021-02-18 08:09:51

(MENAFN- NewsBytes) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday closed the entry and exit points at four metro stations near the Tikri border, one of the sites where farmers have been camping in their protest against the central government's three new farm laws.

The stations that were shut included Tikri Border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Bahadurgarh City, and Brigadier Hoshiar Singh.

They were later opened.

In this article DMRC informed about closure of stations on Twitter Here is the latest update from DMRC Stations closed over 'security concerns,' said officials Rail tracks also blocked in Punjab, Haryana, UP What are the farmers protesting against?

Announcement DMRC informed about closure of stations on Twitter

In a tweet posted around 11 am today, the DMRC had informed , "Security Update - Entry/exit for Tikri Border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma, Bahadurgarh City, and Brig. Hoshiar Singh have been closed."

The operations at all the four stations were resumed later in the day.

"All stations are open. Normal services on all lines (sic)," DMRC tweeted around 4 pm.

Twitter Post Here is the latest update from DMRC

Details Stations closed over 'security concerns,' said officials

Delhi Metro officials said these stations were temporarily closed as a preventive step, in view of "security concerns" raised by the Delhi Police.

For the unversed, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the protest, had last week announced the "Rail Roko" - a nationwide rail blockade plan - to be held between 12 pm and 4 pm today.

Information Rail tracks also blocked in Punjab, Haryana, UP

Apart from Delhi, the rail blockade was also observed in parts of Punjab, Haryana Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka as protesting farmers gathered near rail tracks there. Train stations at Haryana's Sonipat, Ambala, and Jind were completely blocked, NDTV reports .

Protest What are the farmers protesting against?

Thousands of farmers, mostly from northern states, have been holding a protest against three agricultural laws - 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.

Claiming that the laws are unfair to them, they are demanding their rollback by the Centre.

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