Here's How India Looked Like During Farmers' Launched Bharat Bandh Protest

Weighing scales are seen next to downed shutters of shops inside the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) yard during a nationwide general strike called by farmers to protest against the recent agricultural reforms in Navi Mumbai.??

Security personnel stand guard as farmers block a highway during a nationwide general strike called to protest against the recent agricultural reforms.

Workers play cricket at an empty parking area of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) yard during a nationwide general strike.??

A worker walks through parked trucks at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) yard during a nationwide general strike.?

Farmers block a highway during a nationwide general strike called to protest against the recent agricultural reforms at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur.

The farmers have insisted that this is a peaceful strike and emergency services like ambulances will not be stopped.

In Mumbai, the biggest agricultural market, Vashi is shut.

In Uttar Pradesh too, Lucknow's biggest fruit and vegetable market is shut, however the markets across the city remain open.

At least 15 opposition parties have?backed the call for strike.