Truck with oxygen cylinders ‘stuck’ due to farmers’ agitation

Mukesh Tandon

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, April 21

The Delhi police on Wednesday escorted a truck carrying oxygen cylinders, meant for Covid patients, from the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) flyover to a private hospital in Rohini, Delhi, as it was reportedly ‘stuck’ in Kundli near the Singhu border due to the ongoing farmers’ protest.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), however, refuted the allegations and said the Delhi police had put up multi-layer barricades and nails at the border, not the farmers.

The truck was reportedly stuck on the KMP flyover at the Kundli border. Inspector Sanjeev Kumar, SHO, Alipur, along with patrolling riders and staff members, reached the flyover in Kundli.

With the support of the Haryana Police, a Delhi police team escorted the truck to the hospital at Rohini via Saboli-Narela in the minimum possible time.

Rajiv Ranjan, DCP, Outer-North, said the swift act of the Delhi police had saved the life of hundreds of persons.

The SKM refuted all allegations and said that the protesting farmers never stopped any emergency vehicles. False news and propaganda were being spread that the farmers had stopped the truck of oxygen and other essentials on the borders of Delhi. The SKM condemns and opposes all these false narratives.

In fact, on humanitarian grounds, farmers have been more than willing to assist locals and others despite the serious hardships that they find themselves in in the ongoing protests.