Authorities here intensified security arrangements on Tuesday to stop a farmers march from entering Delhi as the Singhu and Tikri borders were shut while the Red Fort complex was closed temporarily after peasants on their way to the national capital clashed with police at the Shambhu border
Updated Mar 12, 2021 | 22:02 IST
Farmers have been agitating on Delhi s borders since November 26, seeking the repeal of three agricultural laws passed by the Centre. Farmers have started building pucca houses (permanent structures made of bricks) at the Singhu border. | Photo Credit: IANS
Singhu: In order to deal with the scorching summer heat, on the 106th day of their agitation, farmers have started building pucca houses (permanent structures made of bricks) at the Singhu border.
These houses can be easily seen when one moves a few kilometres ahead of the protest site at Singhu border.
Now houses are being constructed at places where the farmers had earlier pitched tents. For building pucca houses with bricks, masons have been called all the way from Punjab.
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A farmer makes coffee for fellow farmers during a protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi (PTI)
BATHINDA: As many as 50 non-resident Indians (NRIs) from Canada, the US, UK and Australia reached Delhi s Singhu border on Wednesday to back the farm groups protesting against the three new agri laws brought in by the Centre. The NRIs, who offered material and monetary support for the protesters, said they were awed by the resilience of the farmers.
Toronto-based IT engineer Surinder Mavi, who had posted a video clip on December 19 urging NRIs to reach Singhu border on December 30, said: Though we had been holding protests in the countries where we are settled, we wanted to participate in the sustained struggle against the black laws on Delhi s borders too. Accordingly, groups of NRIs from different countries arrived at the protest site and were overwhelmed to see the determination of farmers to not settle for anything less than repealing of the laws. We have