The ‘Bharat Band’ called by farmers’ body Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) began on Monday at 6 am. The 10-hour long strike, which is being observed to mark one year of Centre’s contentious farm laws, is expected to disrupt traffic and routes in parts of Delhi, UP and Haryana.

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In view of the likely traffic disruptions, Delhi Police has intensified the patrolling, while Haryana Police has issued an advisory hinting at the possible traffic disarrangement due to blockage of roads, borders and highways in the state and around.

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Here is a detailed list of what areas and roads are being blocked for Bharat Band in and around Delhi.

1- The traffic movement has been closed from Uttar Pradesh towards Ghazipur. 

2-  The Delhi-Meerut Expressway was blocked on Monday morning

3- Entry/exit for Pandit Shree Ram Sharma metro station has been closed in view of the protest.

4- Farmers have also blocked the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana.

5- Delhi-Amritsar National Highway blocked at Shahabad in Haryana’s Kurukshetra.

Odisha

The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) bus services will remain suspended from 6 am to 3 pm on Monday in view of the Bharat Band called by the farmers.

Kerala

Public transportation will remain un-operational in Kerala due to the Bharat Band called by the farmers’ body on Monday. Kerala’s ruling LDF on Thursday had called for a state-wide hartal on September 27 to express solidarity with the farmers

Rakesh Tikait, leader of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a nationwide strike on Monday to express farmers’ solidarity in protest against the centre’s newly implemented farm laws. The Bharat Band marks one year of the legislation, which is being called “black law” by the farmers’ bodies.

Farmers from different parts of the country, especially Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting along the state border in Delhi since November last year, demanding repeal of the three farm laws that they fear would do away with Minimum Support Price eventually, leaving them at the mercy of big firms.