Farmers observe Bharat Bandh to mark a year of farm laws
Bharat Bandh: The commercial establishments and industries are likely to be affected as the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of farmers' unions, has called a Bharat Bandh on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the enactment of the three farm laws.
The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha had said that Bharat Bandh will be observed from 6 am to 4 pm. During this period, all government and private offices, educational and other institutions, shops, industries and commercial establishments as well as public events and functions will be closed throughout the country, the SKM said.
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However, exemptions to the bandh include all emergency establishments and essential services, including hospitals, medical stores, relief and rescue work and people attending to personal emergencies.
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SKM has assured that the bandh will be enforced in a voluntary and peaceful manner.
"It was on September 27th that President Shri Ram Nath Kovind assented to and brought into force the 3 anti-farmer black laws last year. There will be a total Bharat Bandh observed around the country from 6 am to 4 pm on September 27," SKM said in an official statement.
In view of the farmers' protest, SKM has put out detailed guidelines and called for complete peace during the bandh. It also appealed to all citizens of the country to join the Bandh.
Earlier, SKM leader Rakesh Tikait said, "The roads will be closed, but if someone wants to go to the doctor's clinic, they can go. Ambulances, vegetable and milk vehicles will run. Apart from that, everything will be closed. All traders and shopkeepers should support the bandh. We will not go inside Delhi during the bandh. People should take a day off and leave the house only after 4 o'clock."
-PTC News
