{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Punjab-Haryana Shambhu Border Sealed as Police Block Farmers' Delhi March, Ghaggar Bridge Barricaded",
  "summary": "Farmers marching to Delhi to protest the India-US trade deal were stopped at Ambala's Shambhu border after Haryana police barricaded the Ghaggar bridge and shut the national highway completely.",
  "content": "Haryana police in Ambala spent the entire night preparing before shutting down the national highway at the Shambhu border in the early hours, cutting off this key route between Punjab and Delhi once again. Authorities have urged commuters to use alternative roads.\n\nFarmers rally against the India-US trade deal\nThe march was called to protest the India-US trade deal, with farmers from across the country asked to assemble at Kisan Ghat in Delhi. The moment the call went out on Tuesday, Haryana police swung into action and detained several farmer leaders. Undeterred, a large convoy of farmers from Punjab set out from Fatehgarh Sahib at exactly 5 am, heading straight for Delhi, only to be halted the moment they reached the border.\n\nGhaggar bridge barricaded, movement grinds to a halt\nTo stop the farmers from advancing any further, Haryana police put up barricades on the Ghaggar bridge that links Punjab and Haryana, bringing all movement across it to a complete standstill. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher is personally leading the convoy towards the Shambhu border.\n\nPandher asks if Punjab is not part of the country\nPandher said the farmers are not looking for any confrontation and questioned why they are being stopped from travelling to Delhi at all. He said, \n \"Is Punjab not part of the country?\"\n\nAmbulances forced to turn back at the border\nThe tight security did not just affect protesters. Before reaching the Shambhu border, a vehicle carrying a dialysis patient had to turn back, and soon after, another ambulance was also forced to return by the same route. Punjab police did not inform these vehicles in advance that barricades had been set up ahead and that the road was completely closed, leaving patients to face avoidable hardship. The affected stretch is one of the main highway links between the two states, and with barricades in place indefinitely, commuters have been told to plan their journeys around alternative roads until further notice.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: Highway closures from farmer marches like this one can disrupt goods and passenger traffic heading to and from Delhi, especially along the Punjab-Haryana corridor.\n• In Ambala, Haryana: Anyone travelling via the Shambhu border or Ghaggar bridge will need to take alternative routes for now, as the barricades have already caused hardship for ambulances and patients.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Why was the Shambhu border closed?\nHaryana police sealed the border and the national highway after farmers announced a march to Delhi to protest the India-US trade deal.\n\n2. Where did the farmers set out from towards Delhi?\nA convoy of farmers left Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab at exactly 5 am and headed towards Delhi.\n\n3. What happened at the Ghaggar bridge?\nHaryana police put up barricades on the Ghaggar bridge linking Punjab and Haryana, completely stopping movement across it.\n\n4. Who is leading the farmers' convoy?\nFarmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher is personally leading the convoy towards the Shambhu border.\n\n5. What did Pandher ask the administration?\nHe said farmers do not want confrontation and asked, \"Is Punjab not part of the country?\"\n\n6. Who faced trouble because of the border closure?\nA vehicle carrying a dialysis patient and another ambulance were both forced to turn back at the border because they weren't told about the barricades in advance.\n\n7. What other action did Haryana police take?\nPolice detained several farmer leaders.\n\n8. What are commuters being advised to do?\nAuthorities have asked people to use alternative routes instead of the Shambhu border.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/haryana/shambhu-bordara-para-ghaggar-pula-sila-kisanon-ki-delhi-yatra-roki-bhari-suraksha-tainata-9300",
  "category": "Haryana",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-21",
  "tags": [
    "Shambhu Border",
    "Farmer Protest",
    "Ambala",
    "Haryana Police",
    "Delhi March",
    "India-US Trade Deal",
    "Sarwan Singh Pandher",
    "Ghaggar Bridge"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}