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Internet suspended till Jan 31 in Delhi border areas amid Farmers Protest
The Union Home Ministry has temporarily suspended internet services at the three borders and their adjoining areas from 11 pm of January 29 to 11 pm of January 31 to 'maintain public safety and averting public emergency'.
NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting at the three sites at Delhi’s borders are holding a day-long fast, between 9 am and 5 pm, as they observe ‘Sadbhavna Divas’ to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. “We appeal to everyone in the country to join us in observing fast on January 30,” a Kisan Ekta Morcha leader said during a press conference on Friday.
As more people head towards Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri borders to join the protesting farmers, the Union Home Ministry has temporarily suspended internet services at the three borders and their adjoining areas from 11 pm of January 29 to 11 pm of January 31 to ‘maintain public safety and averting public emergency’.
The Delhi Police has also closed the NH-24 route to stop more people from joining the protest.
Internet suspended at Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur till Jan 31
As more people head towards Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri borders to join the protesting farmers. The Union Home Ministry has temporarily suspended internet services at the three borders and their adjoining areas from 11 pm of January 29 to 11 pm of January 31 to 'maintain public safety and averting public emergency'.
The Haryana government has already suspended mobile internet and SMS services in 14 districts and extended the same in three others till 5 pm on January 30. With this, only voice calls are now allowed in 17 of the 22 districts.
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Meanwhile, violence erupted at Singhu border on Friday after a group of some 200 got past three layers of security barricades, claiming the farmers’ agitation had affected their livelihoods.
With both sides throwing stones at each other, the Delhi Police later said that 44 people, including a 22-year-old man who allegedly attacked a sub-inspector with a sword, were arrested. Sources told The Indian Express all those arrested were farm protesters.
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On Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind told Parliament the Supreme Court had stayed implementation of the three contentious farm laws and the government “respects the decision of the apex court and shall abide by it”.
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