While the two borders - Tikri and Singhu -- with Haryana remain closed, movement was allowed through the Ghazipur border with Uttar Pradesh under the watch of security personnel
According to senior police officer, the Delhi Police is on extra vigil though the protesting farmers have been stopped by the Haryana Police at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana near Ambala
In the central part of Delhi as well, the police have put up barricades on several roads leading to Parliament and other sensitive locations
Farmer leaders have said a meeting will be held with three Union ministers in Chandigarh on Thursday after which the protesters will decide the next course of action
At Tikri and Singhu borders, the Delhi Police has put in place multiple layers of barricades, barbed wires and concrete blocks to stop farmers from entering the capital
This is the third day of the agitation by the farmers to press the Centre to accept their demands including a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price for their crops and loan waiver
Meanwhile, with board exams beginning on Thursday, the authorities have advised students in Delhi to leave for their centres early as traffic movement will remain hit in several areas, particularly in the city's border areas, due to restrictions in view of the farmers' protest
The CBSE in an advisory said that "as the examination starts at 10.30 am, all the students have been directed to reach their examination centres at or before 10 am"
Traffic movement at the Ghazipur border remained hit due to the barricades kept on the highway but the passage from both the side remained opened
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