Mobile internet and bulk message services were suspended in several parts of Haryana's Ambala district till December 9, minutes before a farmers’ group started its 'Dilli chalo' march under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political).
The Haryana government announced the suspension amid apprehensions of "tension, annoyance, agitation and disturbance of public peace" during the farmers’ march.
The ban was enforced in Dangdehri, Lohgarh, Manakpur, Dadiyana, Bari Ghel, Lhars, Kalu Majra, Devi Nagar, Saddopur, Sultanpur, and Kakru villages of Ambala at Friday noon.
The services will remain suspended till 11.59 pm on December 9, according to the order issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sumita Misra.
A 'jatha' (group) of 101 farmers will embark on a foot march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from their protest site at the Shambhu border on the Punjab and Haryana border.
A heavy deployment of security personnel has been made on the Haryana side of the border.
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