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NEW DELHI: Despite their rock-hard determination to sustain the over 40-day-old agitation against the new farm laws, many protesting farmers at Delhi borders are falling prey to anxiety and depression, with a few having allegedly claimed their lives fighting this prolonged battle in biting cold.
Braving the elements and the odds stacked up against them, an overwhelming number of farmers have been protesting at Singhu Border and two other sites since November 26, but their sedentary lifestyle at present and psychological sedimentation is taking a toll on their physical and mental well-being.
According to NGOs running medical camps at the Singhu Border, the nerve centre of the massive agitation, these farmers are brave in their spirit, but some have become vulnerable, facing extreme weather and may be a sense of waning hope that have translated into suicides at times.
Counselling sessions for farmers at Singhu Border to prevent burnout, suicide bids
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Last Updated: Jan 09, 2021, 04:08 PM IST
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Braving the elements and the odds stacked up against them, an overwhelming number of farmers have been protesting at Singhu Border and two other sites since November 26, but their sedentary lifestyle at present and psychological sedimentation is taking a toll on their physical and mental well-being.
It is yet another day of protest for the farmers in the ritual January winter, even as the eight round of talks between the farmer leaders and the Centre remained inconclusive on Friday
NEW DELHI: Despite their rock-hard determination to sustain the over 40-day-old agitation against the new farm laws, many protesting farmers at Delhi borders are falling prey to anxiety and depression, with a few having allegedly claimed their lives fighting this prolonged battle in biting cold.
But volunteerism and a good samaritan spirit, the two defining ideals sustaining this massive campaign, is endeavouring to provide a safer and sanitable environment for the protestors.
On Friday, a contingent of four men, two of them carrying anti-dengue fogging machines, carried disinfection in various stretches of the protest site.
Many were taken by surprise as these men, briskly walked around the area, while a white cloud of disinfecting smoke filled the air. We have come to offer sewa (services) from Gurudwara Nada Sahib in Panchkula. We want our farmers to be safe in this environment, so we have brought this fogging machines with us. Due to slush on the streets after rains and organic waste discarded from the langars , there are chances of breeding of mosquitoes, so we are here to prevent that, said a volunteer.