Punjab farmers heading to Delhi for the Kisan Mahapanchayat against the proposed India-US trade deal were stopped at the Shambhu border by Haryana Police. Later, Haryana's agriculture minister met farmer leaders, accepted their memorandum and assured them their demands would be addressed
At the Shambhu and Khanauri borders, JCB and other machines have been deployed to remove the concrete blocks to clear the Shambhu-Ambala and Sangrur-Jind roads, which remained closed for over a year after the protesting farmers camped there
Earlier, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Friday said that efforts to find a solution continue and the next round of talks with farmers will take place on Sunday.
The situation remained tense at the Shambu inter-state border on the national highway as protesting farmers threw police barricades into the Ghaggar river.