IN PICS | Farmers Mark One Year Of Protest Against Three Laws With Bharat Bandh, Traffic Snarls On Highways

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Marking one year of the Farmers' Protest the farmers union called for a nationwide Bharat Bandh. (Image Source: PTI)

Around the country, farmers' unions and people in support took to the street to protest. Roads were blocked, railway tracks were blocked by protesters. (Image Source: PTI)

Opposition parties like Congress, SAD, SP, BSP, TMC, AAP, YSRCP and Left parties extended their support.(Image Source: PTI)

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) said they won't allow movement on some sections of national highways. This morning, Delhi-Meerut Expressway was blocked near the Ghazipur protest site, affecting the traffic coming from Uttar Pradesh. Massive traffic snarl seen at Gurugram-Delhi border as vehicles entering the national capital are being checked by Delhi Police. Image Source: PTI)

The bandh will be held from 6 am to 4 pm during which all government and private offices, educational and other institutions, shops, industries, and commercial establishments will be closed throughout the country. (Image Source: PTI)

All emergency establishments and essential services, including hospitals, medical stores, relief, and rescue work, and people attending to personal emergencies will be exempted. (Image Source: PTI)

At all locations where farmers are protesting, forces have been deployed since 5 am. Farmers' protests are peaceful, so forces have also been told to not behave untowardly with them, said Amritsar police as farmers block roads. (Image Source: PTI)

Police personnel stop members of Communist parties and various trade unions as they block a road in support of farmers Bharat Bandh demanding repeal of farm laws, in Chennai. The Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu governments, too, have declared complete support to the Bandh. (Image Source: PTI)

Left Front and CPI(ML) Liberation supporters block a railway track to support farmers Bharat Bandh strike against central governments three farm reform laws, in Kolkata. Meanwhile, Train operations affected in Delhi, Ambala and Firozpur divisions as people are sitting on railway tracks. More than 20 locations are being blocked in Delhi division. (Image Source: PTI)

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said farmers are ready to protest for 10 years, but will not allow the "black" legislations to be implemented. (Image Source: PTI)

In Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said he party will support a peaceful "Bharat Bandh". "The farmers of the country do not endorse the three farm laws brought in a hurry by the centre, and are sad about it. They have been protesting for the past 10 months in the country and aggressively, especially around Delhi," Mayawati said. (Image Source: PTI)

Students of various colleges and universities partcipate in a protest to support farmers Bharat Bandh against central governments three farm reform laws, in Kolkata. (Image Source: PTI)