India, March 21 -- With the police detaining over a thousand farmers and removing the temporary structures at the Shambhu border, the traffic on the National Highway-44 (NH44) resumed after more than a year on Thursday. At Khanauri, Haryana officials removed the cemented barricades while Punjab cops were busy doing the same, claiming that this point of the Sangrur-Jind road would be opened by Friday evening.

Both highways were blocked by farmers on February 13 last year after their march to Delhi was blocked by security forces at Shambhu and Khanauri border points. Their 'Delhi Chalo' protest has been centered around multiple demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for crops. The protesting farmers lashed out...