Farmers occupy toll plazas, vehicles allowed to pass without paying fee

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New Delhi: The protesting farmers who are agitating against the new agriculture laws occupied toll plazas near New Delhi as vehicles are allowed to pass toll plazas without paying toll fee. The protesting farmers occupied toll plazas in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

Though the huge number of police was present at the entry points of toll plazas, the farmers occupied a toll plaza near National Highway 91 and allowed passage of vehicles without paying toll fee. “Around 100 of us are here.

In Gautam Buddha Nagar, we occupied four toll plazas and allowed vehicles to pass for free. First, we blocked the toll from Kundli-Bulandshahr (in Uttar Pradesh). Then we moved to Palwal-Ghaziabad entry point,” said a protester this afternoon. Even as policemen tried to hold discussion with them, they continued to block the checkpoints.

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