Overview
- Nagpur Police told the Bombay High Court that National Highway 44 and other roads blocked by the farmers’ protest were cleared peacefully and traffic has resumed.
- The High Court, which took suo motu cognisance on Wednesday, had ordered protesters to vacate public roads and on Thursday issued notices to railway and security authorities.
- Omprakash ‘Bachchu’ Kadu, through his lawyer, informed the court he has cancelled a proposed rail blockade, and the judge accepted the statement as an undertaking, calling it a good gesture.
- The bench directed police, railway agencies and the local administration to act in coordination and take preventive steps so road travel and train movement are not disrupted.
- Kadu’s demonstration demanding a full farm loan waiver had choked Wardha Road linked to the Samruddhi Mahamarg; the matter returns to court on October 31, and Kadu said he would meet Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday evening.