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Indian police block roads to halt farmers’ march to New Delhi

Police erect a barricade on a national highway to stop farmers, who are marching towards New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad, India [Reuters]

Indian police have blocked roads leading to New Delhi as farmers march towards the capital to press for increased government support.

Government ministers were preparing to meet union leaders on Monday to discuss their demands for better crop prices, which were promised three years ago, amid protests aimed at forcing the repeal of laws designed to deregulate vast agricultural markets.

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