There seems to be no end to the woes of Delhites as all the major roads leading to Central Delhi,particularly parliament street and Connaught Place, were blocked on Thursday by thousands of belligerent farmers.
They came here to gherao parliament later today to press their demand for better compensation when government acquire their land. The impasse of their large presence has already crippled the traffic in central Delhi.
The traffic movement was affected at Rajghat, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Barakhamba Road, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Janpath, Ranjit Singh Marg and Tolstoy Marg. Movement towards the New Delhi railway station through Ajmere Gate was also be affected by traffic jams at Ajmere Gate, Darya Ganj and Chandni Chowk
According to the Delhi and Ghaziabad police sources, around 12,000-14,000 farmers have descended in the national capital, in a bid to protest against the `forceful` acquisition of land for the Yamuna Expressway a dream project of UP chief minister Mayawati.
With the ruling Congress party expressing its support to the `cause`, there was a "considerable presence" of farmers in the capital as expected. Farmers arrived in Delhi
Earlier, Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh has given a nation-wide call to farmers for Parliament gherao with the slogan Sansad ghero, zamin bachao (Ring Parliament, Save Land).
Even as the Uttar Pradesh government is trying to assuage farmers whose land has been acquired for the Yamuna expressway at throwaway prices, Mr Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here to seek his intervention for re-introducing the lapsed land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2009, in Parliament.
Earlier this week, the National Democratic Alliance and some other parties also raised a demand in Parliament for re-introduction of the Bill.
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