Delhi Haryana Border Sealed

The Delhi police on Monday opened service lanes at Singhu and Tikri border points with Haryana, two weeks after these were sealed in view of the farmers' "Delhi Chalo" march.

Authorities here initiated the process of partially reopening Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana on Saturday, almost two weeks after they were sealed in view of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march, officials said.

People had to cross the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana on foot on Tuesday as police blocked the movement of vehicles in view of a farmers' march towards the national capital.

Thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi say they are prepared for the long haul, carrying enough ration and diesel to last for months, as the borders have been sealed to prevent them from entering the national capital.

A petition was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday against the sealing of borders and suspension of mobile internet services by the Haryana government in the wake of farmer outfits calling for a protest march to Delhi on February 13.

The Supreme Court has given a week's time to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to decide on a common policy for inter-state movement in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The top court has also directed the centre to call a meeting of the three states and decide on a common portal.

The Haryana government which had allowed free movement of people from Delhi after the fourth phase of the coronavirus lockdown appeared on Tuesday to be having second thoughts after the national capital ordered sealing of its borders.

A massive traffic jam blocked the road connecting Delhi and Gurgaon this morning after the Haryana government to seal the routes that go to Delhi, concerned over rising cases of the highly infectious coronavirus. Earlier this morning, hundreds of people who were stopped from crossing the Delhi-Gurgaon border protested on the road after cars were al...

The Haryana government has issued orders to "completely seal" all borders with Delhi, state minister Anil Vij tweeted on Thursday, after flagging concerns of coronavirus spreading with people travelling from the national capital.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the Delhi-Faridabad border today as Faridabad became the third city in Haryana to completely seal its border with Delhi from 12 pm.

The vegetable supply in Azadpur Mandi was severely affected as traders could not get fresh arrivals due to sealing of Haryana border amid fears of COVID-19 infection at the Asia's largest wholesale market in the wake of 11 traders testing positive.

Haryana will tighten its borders with Delhi, clamping down on travel to its satellite cities of Gurgaon and Faridabad, after a number of recent coronavirus cases were traced to the national capital, authorities said. At least two other borders - Sonipat and Jhajjar - were sealed earlier amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

As authorities in Punjab and Haryana sealed the inter-state border in anticipation of agitation, thousands of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supporters marched from Haryana's Ambala city and headed towards the border on Thursday afternoon to dig the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal at the party's call.

The Delhi police on Monday opened service lanes at Singhu and Tikri border points with Haryana, two weeks after these were sealed in view of the farmers' "Delhi Chalo" march.

Authorities here initiated the process of partially reopening Singhu and Tikri borders with Haryana on Saturday, almost two weeks after they were sealed in view of farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march, officials said.

People had to cross the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana on foot on Tuesday as police blocked the movement of vehicles in view of a farmers' march towards the national capital.

Thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi say they are prepared for the long haul, carrying enough ration and diesel to last for months, as the borders have been sealed to prevent them from entering the national capital.

A petition was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday against the sealing of borders and suspension of mobile internet services by the Haryana government in the wake of farmer outfits calling for a protest march to Delhi on February 13.

The Supreme Court has given a week's time to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to decide on a common policy for inter-state movement in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The top court has also directed the centre to call a meeting of the three states and decide on a common portal.

The Haryana government which had allowed free movement of people from Delhi after the fourth phase of the coronavirus lockdown appeared on Tuesday to be having second thoughts after the national capital ordered sealing of its borders.

A massive traffic jam blocked the road connecting Delhi and Gurgaon this morning after the Haryana government to seal the routes that go to Delhi, concerned over rising cases of the highly infectious coronavirus. Earlier this morning, hundreds of people who were stopped from crossing the Delhi-Gurgaon border protested on the road after cars were al...

The Haryana government has issued orders to "completely seal" all borders with Delhi, state minister Anil Vij tweeted on Thursday, after flagging concerns of coronavirus spreading with people travelling from the national capital.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the Delhi-Faridabad border today as Faridabad became the third city in Haryana to completely seal its border with Delhi from 12 pm.

The vegetable supply in Azadpur Mandi was severely affected as traders could not get fresh arrivals due to sealing of Haryana border amid fears of COVID-19 infection at the Asia's largest wholesale market in the wake of 11 traders testing positive.

Haryana will tighten its borders with Delhi, clamping down on travel to its satellite cities of Gurgaon and Faridabad, after a number of recent coronavirus cases were traced to the national capital, authorities said. At least two other borders - Sonipat and Jhajjar - were sealed earlier amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

As authorities in Punjab and Haryana sealed the inter-state border in anticipation of agitation, thousands of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supporters marched from Haryana's Ambala city and headed towards the border on Thursday afternoon to dig the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal at the party's call.