Security beefed up at Delhi’s Singhu border ahead of farmers’ march

NEW DELHI: Security was tightened at Delhi’s Singhu border on Sunday ahead of a protest march by farmers to the national capital to press their various demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP).

A group of 101 farmers will resume their foot march to Delhi at 12 noon from the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana.

“Delhi Police is on alert and security has been tightened at the Singhu border. A skeletal deployment has been made at the Singhu border but it may increase as per the situation at the Shambu border,” a senior police officer told PTI.