A protest by affected villagers in the west of Nicosia against the barbed wire fences and gates along the buffer zone ended peacefully around noon on Sunday.
Police said the protesters were about 200 from the villages of Astromeritis, Peristerona, Akaki, Denia and Mammari.
The main road to Troodos by the Akaki packing plant was temporarily closed after the protesters blocked the road for just about 15 minutes.
The initiative against barbed wire has carried out meetings with members of the government, political parties and individuals and organizations involved. But they say they were confronted with apathy.
They have raised awareness over the problems facing the area’s residents and pointed out the impact on the Cyprus problem as a result of the placement of the barbed wire.
They sent the message that Turkish Cypriot famers are now moving in to their buffer-zone fields to cultivate them.
