Amritsar, May 4 -- (Blurb) To lay siege to tracks in Devidaspura village on first day, Basti Tenka Wali in Ferozepur on May 8

After clashes in Gurdaspur district between farmers and police over land acquisition for the Delhi-Katra expressway project, farmers owing allegiance to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Sunday announced to lay siege to the Amritsar-Delhi rail route in Devidaspura village on May 7 to protest the "forcible" land acquisition.

Led by Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee's state president Sukhwinder Singh Sabhra, leaders of the organisation accused chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led government of turning Punjab into a police state under the direction of the central government, and forcefully acquiring land for road...