<p>Farmers on Friday staged demonstrations at some places in Uttar Pradesh leading to traffic jams on roads, officials said.</p>.<p>Protesting against the Centre's new farm laws and the police action on the agitating farmers, the activists of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) blocked the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway at Nawla Kothi in Muzaffarnagar district and also staged sit-ins in Meerut and Baghpat.</p>.<p>Due to heavy deployment of police personnel, however, the situation remained under control as the administrative machinery was already on alert after a call for holding the protests was given by the BKU.</p>.<p>State vice president of BKU Harnam Singh Verma led a protest in Naubasta Kala under Chinhat Police Station area of Lucknow on Friday morning.</p>.<p>Verma said farmers will soon be staging a protest at the Sadar tehsil in support of their demands.</p>.<p>"We will continue our struggle till the time our demands are not met. We are ready to get arrested," he said.</p>.<p>ADG Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said police personnel have been deployed in view of the farmers' call to ensure law and order is maintained in the state.</p>.<p>There was no impact of the farmers' protest in Lucknow, Kumar said.</p>.<p>However, as the Delhi-Haridwar stretch on the Delhi-Dehradun Highway was shut due to the protest, long queues of vehicles were witnessed.</p>.<p>In Baghpat, BKU activists blocked traffic on the Sonipat Highway using tractors and raised slogans against the new farm laws.</p>.<p>The BKU had given a call to stage protests on the national highways of the state after which traffic routes had been diverted in the district.</p>.<p>SP Baghpat, Abhishek Singh said magistrates and police in strength have been deployed in Nivada area which shares border with Haryana to ward off any incident.</p>.<p>The local farmer leaders have also been approached in this regard, he added.</p>
<p>Farmers on Friday staged demonstrations at some places in Uttar Pradesh leading to traffic jams on roads, officials said.</p>.<p>Protesting against the Centre's new farm laws and the police action on the agitating farmers, the activists of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) blocked the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway at Nawla Kothi in Muzaffarnagar district and also staged sit-ins in Meerut and Baghpat.</p>.<p>Due to heavy deployment of police personnel, however, the situation remained under control as the administrative machinery was already on alert after a call for holding the protests was given by the BKU.</p>.<p>State vice president of BKU Harnam Singh Verma led a protest in Naubasta Kala under Chinhat Police Station area of Lucknow on Friday morning.</p>.<p>Verma said farmers will soon be staging a protest at the Sadar tehsil in support of their demands.</p>.<p>"We will continue our struggle till the time our demands are not met. We are ready to get arrested," he said.</p>.<p>ADG Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said police personnel have been deployed in view of the farmers' call to ensure law and order is maintained in the state.</p>.<p>There was no impact of the farmers' protest in Lucknow, Kumar said.</p>.<p>However, as the Delhi-Haridwar stretch on the Delhi-Dehradun Highway was shut due to the protest, long queues of vehicles were witnessed.</p>.<p>In Baghpat, BKU activists blocked traffic on the Sonipat Highway using tractors and raised slogans against the new farm laws.</p>.<p>The BKU had given a call to stage protests on the national highways of the state after which traffic routes had been diverted in the district.</p>.<p>SP Baghpat, Abhishek Singh said magistrates and police in strength have been deployed in Nivada area which shares border with Haryana to ward off any incident.</p>.<p>The local farmer leaders have also been approached in this regard, he added.</p>