A closed petrol pump at Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana, Punjab. The protesting farmers during the ongoing nation-wide strike are sitting across 32 locations in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Farmers blocking Ferozepur road during Bharat Bandh in Ludhiana on Friday.(Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of farmers’ unions, have called for a nationwide strike in protest against the three recently passed farm laws. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Group of lawyers and youngsters on tractors requesting shopkeepers to shut shops during Bharat Bandh at Partap Bazar in Ludhiana. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

According to Indian Railways, train services have come to a halt at 32 locations while four Shatabdi Express trains have been cancelled. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Farmers from nearby villages in Chandigarh organise a sit-in protest at the Mullanpur Chandigarh barrier during Bharat Bandh on Friday. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)

Passengers wait at a railway station during the Bharat Bandh in Ludhiana on Friday. (Express Photos by Gurmeet Singh)

Trains have been cancelled as protesting farmers have blocked several rail routes during the Bharat Bandh strike. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Shuttered shops seen at Gandhi Nagar in Ludhiana during Bharat Bandh on Friday. During the strike, all business establishments will remain closed and no road and rail traffic will be allowed to ply, the farmers’ unions announced. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Punjab cops sit outside the closed MBD Neopolis Mall during the Bharat Bandh in Ludhiana on Friday.