Prasagraj: On the call given by United Kisan Morcha for Bharat Bandh, the Prayagraj district witnessed sporadic and short protests in various places including in urban and rural areas.
Bharatiya Kisan Union workers blocked the road in many places including Dhoonangj because where morning passengers face problems for several hours due to congestion.
Likewise, protests were reported from the Jaari and Ghoopur regions of Trans-Yamuna.
Businesses in the city are still not affected because most markets remain open.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) workers and all Indian Majdoor Sabha (AIKMS) together with members of the Jamajwadi Party (SP) and farmers held separate demonstrations in various parts of Prayagraj during the day in response to the call “Bharat Bandh”.
The protesters, including many women, also performed blocks of roads on various sites including Sulem Sarai Bazaar in Dhumanganj agreed on traffic on Jalan Raya Prayagraj-Kanpur for hours.
Protests were also reported from the finger, coal and ghoorpur regions of the Trans-Yamuna belt and also from Fulpur in the Trans-Ganga region in this district.
However, routine and business life in the city is still not affected because most markets remain open and so are commercial activities.
Schools and offices from various governments, semi-government and private sectors remain open and function normally.
The police, supported by PAC personnel responded to the site and tried to convince protesters to call blockage of roads but was in vain.
Only after they stop protests, can the flow of traffic layered back on the road.
Igregraj Range KP Singh said that there were no undesirable incidents reported in the region during the “Bharat Bandh”.
“Memorandum of protesters was taken by officials who were present at the scene and blockage of roads cleaned as soon as possible.” BKU District President (Arajnaititik), Anuj Singh accused citizens of the middle and countries ignoring the demands of farmers and closing their eyes to their suffering.
Dubbing the government as an anti-farmer, Singh said that despite the protests of farmers now continued for months, the government failed to solve their problems.
Exactly from the night of Pre-announced protests, the police and PAC teams were deployed at various intensive intersections and patrols ongoing to ensure peace.
Even at the Prayagraj train station, including the intersection, Rambagh, Prayagraj Sangam and ProAgraj Cheoki, RPF and GRP remain vigilant.
Hundreds of Bharatiya Kisan Union workers took out motorcycle rips near Dhumanganj Sulemsarai and protested.
After this, the farmers were published on the tractor parked the tractor on the middle road and blocked the road.
Immediately, the police reached the place and made futile efforts to convince nervous farmers to eliminate blockages, but farmer leaders insisted about their demands.
Due to road blockage, Kanpur-Prayagraj watched the jam of the road that lasted for several hours.
Efforts to block roads made in Shankargarh, Koraon, Bahria, Sarai Mamrej is located in GT Road.
However, before the police were heavy, the traffic movement remained smooth.
Shops and markets remain open and open large throughout the day, restrictions for one hour when many shop owners attract their windows of shops when the protesters’ procession passed on the main road of civil lines.
However, shops in different areas and Chowk and Katra are still not affected during calls for bandh.