Farmers to take out tractors-rally in Indian capital on Republic Day

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NEW DELHI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Farmers in India, who have been protesting at different sites around Delhi against three new farm laws, have chalked out elaborate plans to take out a tractors-rally in Delhi on Tuesday on the occasion of the country's 72nd Republic Day.

According to media reports, thousands of farmers from different states have congregated at different sites around Delhi ahead of the rally.

The central government has allowed as many as 5,000 tractors and 5,000 farmers to take out the rally between 12:00 noon and 17:00 hours, once the customary Republic Day Parade concludes.

The tractors-rally is a bid by the agitated farmers to draw the government's attention towards their demand of repealing the three farm laws. The farmers have been protesting at different sites on inter-state state borders around Delhi for over 60 days against the new farm laws.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made by central and state governments to avoid any untoward incident.

Several security and intelligence agencies have been pressed into service to keep a strict vigil over the tractors-rally. Live drone-cameras will be used to keep an aerial check over the farmers during their rally, said media reports.

Various routes leading to Delhi from neighbouring states, like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, have been partially blocked in the wake of the farmers' call for tractors rally. Traffic advisories have been issued directing commuters to avoid these routes on Tuesday.

The central government claims that the new farm laws have been enacted with a view to raise the farmers' incomes, the latter argue that these laws are detrimental to their interests.

So far as many as 11 rounds of talks between the two sides have failed to find a solution. Enditem

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