Participants in a protest march of farmers occupied an overpass on the border of the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab and destroyed noise barriers installed on it, according to the ANI agency, Report informs referring to TASS.
It publishes footage showing a crowd of protesters shaking several noise barriers and throwing them off the bridge. The police are sending water cannons at them.
Earlier, several participants in the farmers’ protest were detained near the village of Shambhu on the border of Haryana and Punjab. This happened after protesters tore down barricades, including concrete ones, installed along the route of the procession. The protesters also broke the fence of one of the farms and entered its territory.
Farmers in the central Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have launched a protest demanding the government pass a law that will provide them with a minimum support price guarantee for future harvests. They also demand that pensions be paid to farmers and that farms be freed from debt.