Security up, schools closed as Ambala braces for Punjab farmers’ march from Shambhu
Hindustan TimesA jatha of 101 farmers will embark on a march to Delhi at 1pm on Friday from their protest site at the Shambhu border on the Punjab and Haryana border. A heavy deployment of security personnel has been made on the Haryana side of the border, while the Ambala district administration has already issued prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, restricting any unlawful assembly of five or more persons in the district. Traffic movement remained smooth on GT Road from Delhi till Ambala City, from where police are diverting commuters for Punjab to travel via Chandigarh road or interior villages in Ambala City and Patiala districts. Sibash Kabiraj, IGP, Ambala Range, said that commuters need not panic as all inter-state borders between Punjab and Haryana are open for traffic movement except Shambhu.