Punjab, Haryana Farmers Break Barricades To Enter Chandigarh, Face Water Cannons

The farmers, protesting against the Centre's farm laws, had planned to march towards Punjab and Haryana Raj Bhavans and submit a memorandum.

Scores of protesting farmers from Punjab and Haryana on Saturday took out protest marches against the Centre's three farm laws even as police used a water cannon to disperse cultivators as they broke barricades at the Chandigarh-Mohali border. #WATCH | Farmers broke through barricades at Chandigarh-Mohali (Punjab) border to enter the Union Territory to submit a memorandum to Governor seeking repeal of farm laws pic.twitter.com/bXiK9qlUso Farmers had planned to march towards Punjab and Haryana Raj Bhavans and submit a memorandum to mark the completion of seven months of their agitation against the three central agri-marketing laws on June 26. A heavy police force was deployed in and around Chandigarh to stop protesters from heading towards Punjab and Haryana Raj Bhavans, said officials. Barricades were put up at many places to prevent farmers coming from Mohali and Panchkula to go towards Chandigarh.