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More than 200 farmer unions are heading to Delhi today from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
The last round of talks between the farmer leaders and the Union ministers remained inconclusive on Monday night.
Union minister Arjun Munda said on most of the issues raised by the farmers a consensus was reached and the government proposed to form a committee to address the rest. Farmer leaders said there was no clarity of legal guarantee to the minimum support price.
The farmers will start their Delhi Chalo march at 10 am but the Haryana government has put up a major fence around the state to make sure the protesters can not enter Haryana from Punjab. The borders of Delhi have been fortified in an attempt to not allow the rerun of farmers' 2020-21 protest.
Security has been heightened at Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur and Shambhu borders around Delhi to prevent the farmers from entering the national capital. Tractors have begun reaching the Shambhu border after the talks between the union government and farmer unions failed.
Given the farmers' protests at different Delhi borders from today, the Delhi airport said in its advisory to passengers that they should plan their trip accordingly. The airport also urged passengers to be informed about potential delays and alternative routes.
In the wake of the protests, Delhi Traffic Police has put traffic diversions in place for commercial vehicles around Delhi borders and curbs for private vehicles.
Concrete blocks, iron nails and barbed wires have been installed in areas including Ambala, Jind, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra and Sirsa to prevent the protestors from entering Punjab.
This movement, titled 'Delhi Chalo', comes nearly two years after the initial protests in 2020 which resulted in the repeal of three controversial farming laws in 2021. The protesting farmers are being led by over 200 unions, marking a change in leadership from the 2020 protests.