{
  "id": 1287429,
  "title": "Farmers’ march to Delhi stopped at Haryana-Punjab border",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/farmers-march-to-delhi-stopped-at-haryana-punjab-border",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:40:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/haryana/farmers-march-to-delhi-stopped-at-haryana-punjab-border/article71352997.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A group of 51 farmers, led by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, was halted by Haryana Police at the Khanauri-Data Singhwala border in Jind on August 16, 2026, as they embarked on a 13-day 'Kisan Bachao Padyatra' (save farmers walk) towards Delhi. Accompanied by approximately 150 supporters, the farmers aimed to pressure the government over various demands, such as excluding agriculture from the proposed India-U.S. trade agreement, guaranteeing the Minimum Support Price (MSP), waiving off farmers' loans, and withdrawing police cases registered against them during agitations across the country. They planned to arrive at Jantar Mantar on August 29, 2026, for their protest.\n\nThe farmers marched peacefully on foot and did not bring tractors or trolleys, as informed by Dallewal over the phone to The Hindu. Haryana Police had permitted the farmers to proceed on foot instead of using tractor-trolleys, if they had secured permission for their march. They questioned the decision to stop their march, stating that they had applied for permission to reach Jantar Mantar, which reportedly permits gatherings of up to 500 people, while they were only taking around 300 individuals.\n\nAll Haryana-based office-bearers and associates of the farmers' movement were detained, according to Dallewal. In anticipation of the march, the authorities had erected concrete barriers and barbed wire, sealing the stretch between the Khanauri border in Punjab and the Data Singhwala border in Haryana. Traffic advisories were issued, urging vehicles traveling between Punjab and Haryana to take alternate routes through nearby villages. Security was heightened around the Narwana canal bridge and surrounding border areas, with reinforced concrete barricades, water cannons, and riot-control vehicles deployed to impede the protesters' advance. Haryana Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Singh announced that prohibitory orders were in effect in the district, emphasizing that no such movement by the farmers' group had been sanctioned by any competent authority.",
  "summary": "The Haryana Police, in anticipation of the march, sealed the stretch between the Khanauri border in Punjab and the Data Singhwala border in Haryana with concrete barriers and barbed wires",
  "key_points": [
    "51 farmers led by Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal halted at border.",
    "Police prevented march due to lack of official sanction.",
    "Protesters planned to arrive at Jantar Mantar on August 29."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Haryana seals Khanauri border to stop Punjab farmers from marching to Delhi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/haryana-seals-khanauri-border-to-stop-punjab-farmers-from-marching-to",
        "published": "2026-08-16T15:08:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}