Tight security in Delhi for farmers' Delhi Chalo March

Amid palpable tension ahead of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo March' on February 13, prohibitory orders under section 144, which bars large gatherings, have been clamped in the northeast district of the national capital.
A large number of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab are expected to march towards the national capital on Tuesday under their Delhi Chalo March organised by around 200 farmer unions.
Haryana authorities, on their part, have sealed the state's border with Punjab at Shambhu near Ambala district, placing concrete blocks, sandbags, barbed wire and anti-riot vehicles on the road.
Iron sheets have been installed along the two sides of an arterial road as police have made elaborate arrangements at the state's borders with Punjab in Jind and Fatehabad districts to stop the march. In Fatehabad, concrete blocks and spike strips have been placed.
In Jind, two roads near the Haryana-Punjab border have been shut for vehicular movement and restrictions imposed on two more roads.
As authorities apprehended threat to peace because of the proposed march, the Haryana government has suspended mobile internet services and bulk SMS in seven districts from February 11 to 13. The districts are Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa.
Amid measures by Haryana authorities to prevent the farmers from heading towards the national capital, the Centre has invited them to hold another meeting to discuss their demands on Monday. Police have also been holding meetings with sarpanch of villages and khap panchayats, asking them not to participate in the march.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had announced the 'Delhi Chalo' march by more than 200 farmers' unions on February 13 to press the Centre into accepting several demands, including the enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
The Haryana Police on Saturday issued a traffic advisory asking commuters to take alternative routes as farmers have planned to head to Delhi from the Ambala-Shambhu, Khanauri-Jind and Dabwali borders.
Ambala and Kaithal districts have imposed section 144 of the CrPC, prohibiting the assembly of five or more people.
Besides a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), the farmers are demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police cases and "justice" for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, held a year-long protest on Delhi's border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- against the three now-repealed farm laws.
Sensing the mood of the farmers, the Delhi Police said no one will be allowed to breach law and order situation.
Information has been received that some farmer organisations have given call to their supporters to gather/march to Delhi on February 13 for their demands of law on MSP. The farmers are likely to sit Delhi borders till their demands are met.
Keeping in view the kind of behaviour and adamant approach farmers showed during protests in the past, there is a possibility of mobilisation/activities of farmers/supporters from their respective districts to Delhi along with Tractor/Trolleys/Arms.
Farmers will also come from Haryana, Punjab, UP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, MP and other possible areas.
Bracing for the agitation, police are fortifying Delhi's border with Uttar Pradesh and Haryana with barricades and by deploying more than 5,000 security personnel. On Thursday, farmers from Uttar Pradesh went on a sit-in demonstration on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway as police blocked their protest march to Delhi, resulting in massive traffic snarls.