Barricading

13 Feb 2024

In power

BJP — Haryana; AAP — Delhi

Acted

State government, Haryana, Delhi

By 13 February Haryana had sealed its border with Punjab at Shambhu and other points with layered concrete barricades, iron nails and barbed wire to stop the march to Delhi. Reports differ on the number of layers at Shambhu (see figures). Police sealed entry points into Delhi with barbed wire, spikes, cement blocks and iron nails. On 24 July 2024 the Supreme Court directed Haryana and Punjab to submit proposals to remove the barricades at Shambhu in a phased manner. The highway at Shambhu stayed closed until March 2025; Haryana began removing the cement barricades on 20 March 2025, after Punjab Police cleared the protest sites. [2][1][3][6][4][5]

• six layers of concrete barricades at Shambhu, said Al Jazeera (photo caption, Rohit Lohia) [2]
• 12 layers of the barricade at the Shambhu barrier, said Business Today [3]

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