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Ghaziabad: Protesting farmers at UP Gate blocked carriageways between Delhi and Ghaziabad of the Delhi-Meerut-Expressway (DME) on both sides, and the National Highway 9 for about 10 hours on Tuesday, which resulted in massive traffic jams and inconvenience to local residents and commuters.
The blockade started at 7am and ended by 5pm, while the carriageway has continued to remain blocked since December 3.
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Ghaziabad: Protesting farmers at UP Gate blocked carriageways between Delhi and Ghaziabad of the Delhi-Meerut-Expressway (DME) on both sides, and the National Highway 9 for about 10 hours on Tuesday, which resulted in massive traffic jams and inconvenience to local residents and commuters.
The blockade started at 7am and ended by 5pm, while the carriageway has continued to remain blocked since December 3.
Thousands of farmers have been camping at UP Gate in Ghaziabad, near the Delhi border, since November 28 demanding complete rollback of the three new farm laws.
Their leaders for the past couple of days have been alleging that farmers coming to join the protest in tractor-trolleys from Uttarakhand and other parts of Uttar Pradesh were stopped midway, and demanding that they be allowed to proceed.
On Tuesday morning, protesting farmers blocked the carriageways by placing tractors.
As the road was empty, some could be seen playing cricket over the empty lanes.
After a marathon of discussions with officials, the blockade was lifted by 5pm from the carriageways.
“The carriageway was vacated by the protesters and we have assured that all their issues will be taken up.