The great march to New Delhi has begun.
Since February 13, thousands of farmers in Punjab, a region 200 km north of the capital, have taken to the road with their tractors and trailers.
Objective: block the north and west accesses to the capital city to make themselves heard.
The authorities deployed impressive means to stop them.
The police stopped the processions trying to enter the state of Haryana, the last stop before New Delhi, with rubber bullets and water cannons.
They sent drones to bombard demonstrators with tear gas.
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At Singhu and Tikri, two toll points on the border between Haryana and New Delhi, a maze of barricades has emerged in recent days.
Several rows of concrete blocks are topped with…
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