Farmers protest: Heavy traffic jam on Delhi-Noida border

New Delhi : Massive traffic jams were witnessed on Delhi-Noida border on Thursday as the security personnel have been deployed to check the vehicles after a protest call by different farmers in Noida and Greater Noida, officials said.

Long queues of vehicles choked the roads as several two-wheelers and four-wheelers were stuck in the jam at Sarita Vihar, they said. Heavy traffic jam was reported on Delhi-Noida highway as well, the officials said.

Meanwhile, security has been stepped up in the national capital, especially on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, in view of the major protest demonstration by the farmers, officials said. The traffic arrangements have also been made and the commuters have been advised to avoid certain roads.

“Heavy security arrangements have been made in different border entry points in the national capital. No one will be allowed to breach the law and order,” a senior police officer said.

Another police officer said that heavy security forces have already been deployed along with paramilitary forces to maintain law and order. Pickets and barricades were installed on the border areas connecting Delhi-Haryana and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh, he added. According to the Delhi Traffic Police, heavy traffic is expected on the routes connected to Soniya Vihar, DND, Chilla, Gazipur, Sabhapur, Apsara and Loni borders on Thursday.

The commuters have been asked to avoid or plan their journey accordingly. Ahead of the protest demonstration by the farmers in Noida and Greater Noida, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police has imposed CrPC section 144 on Wednesday and Thursday.

The police also issued a traffic advisory, cautioning the commuters against diversions on some routes in the twin cities in view of the farmers’ movement on tractors. Farmers groups in

Noida and Greater Noida have been on protest since December 2023, with demands for hiked compensation and developed plots against their land acquired by the local development authorities in the past.