Farmers’ Protest: Several Delhi Metro stations have been closed due to the protest.New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has closed the entry and exit gates at a number of metro stations, mostly in north and central Delhi, as thousands of protesting farmers entered the national capital as they took out a tractor rally against the new farm laws.Clashes have been observed in a number of components of Delhi as the police utilized tear gas on groups of farmers and resorted to lathi-charge as protestors broke previous barricades with tractors at various border points and did not take the pre-decided routes for their march in the national capital.Entry and exit gates for a number of stations on Delhi Metro’s green line stations are amongst these that have been closed.Security UpdateEntry/exit gates of all stations on green line are closed. https://t.co/qsvJv21u3q— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I (@OfficialDMRC) January 26, 2021″Entry/exit gates of ITO metro station are closed,” DMRC tweeted, referring to the station in central Delhi’s ITO region exactly where the protesting farmers reached.Movement of cars also has been badly hit just after a number of crucial roads have been blocked or visitors was diverted. Entry to Delhi from neighbouring Gurgaon has been blocked at each points from MG Road and from the Delhi-Jaipur highway.All routes to the Ghazipur border in east Delhi has been blocked by Ghaziabad Police in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. The Delhi Traffic Police had asked commuters to stay away from routes exactly where protesting farmers are conducting their tractor rally.pic.twitter.com/NbMFmKdOyb— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) January 26, 2021Eleven rounds of talks have been held in between the farmers and the government but there been no breakthrough. The farmers have turned down the centre’s final present to place the laws on hold for 18 months even though a specific committee conducts negotiations.These are the Delhi Metro stations exactly where the entry and exit gates are closed:ITOIndraprasthaLal QuilaBrigadier Hoshiar SinghBahadurgarh CityPandit Shree Ram SharmaTikri BorderTikri KalanGhevraMundka Industrial AreaMundkaRajdhani ParkNangloi Railway StationNangloiSamaypur BadliRohini Sector 18/19Haiderpur Badli MorJahangir PuriAdarsh NagarAzadpurModel TownGTB NagarVishwavidyalaya
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