After the aggressive events of January 26, security arrangements have become increasingly stricter on the Delhi side of the border.
On Monday, more than 2,000 iron nails were cemented at the Ghazipur (Delhi- Uttar Pradesh) and Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) borders of the National capital under the direction of the Delhi Police and management of Mundka police station in order to puncture the tyres of vehicles coming in from the Haryana side.
According to the police personnel and farmers, the nails were installed after 9 pm on Sunday night and continued till around 4 am on Monday.
Nails used were of two different types, one of them were about half a foot long around 350 in a row which were surrounded by smaller nails around five times more than the larger ones.
A strip of road was thrust and drilled, followed by hammering of nails into wooden frames and positioned in an angle to face the coming vehicles to puncture their tires. In the end, cement was poured to hold them in place.
As more and more people are joining the protests, Singhu and Ghazipur protest areas were secured by the police. Installing cement barriers and other such tactics were an attempt to scare protesters, farmers said.
From the very beginning of the protest at Tikri, farmers on the Haryana side of the border have been separated from Delhi by layers of metal barricades.
National Highway 24 was blocked from Sarai Kale Khan because of the preparation of making up the first layer of security. DTC buses were parked along the lane. Beyond the parked buses, steel barricades were stationed on either side of the road.
The road leading to UP Gate had two layers of barricades with jersey barriers in the centre.
Police placed rows of concrete blocks held together by iron blocks between the Kisan Sangharsh Committee stage and the main stage. Concrete was poured between the gaps of barricades to make them everlasting.
This step taken by the police is creating problems in terms of movement of ambulances, access to medical camps and water tankers.
