Farmers to block Delhi-Jaipur highway despite PM Modi's assurances on farm laws

Thousands of farmers who have been protesting at Delhi border points for the past 18 days over the Centre's farm laws have given a call to intensify their protest on Sunday as the government refuses to give in to their demands to repeal the legislations. Security has been enhanced at the border areas with multi-layered barricades in view of the protest called by the farmers.

This comes even as PM Narendra Modi reiterated the reforms will help increase the income of the farmers. The Noida-Delhi Link Road at Chilla border connecting Noida to Delhi, which remained obstructed since December 1 due to the farmers' protest, reopened late on Saturday night as the protesting farmers agreed to clear it for traffic