A farmer catches up on the news at the ongoing protest against three contentious fam laws, at the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana
PATIALA: Electricity taken away, the generators brought along now serve farmers in their protest camps outside Delhi. Some of these sets are owned, some on rent.
The farmers need to charge their mobile phones and operate the roti makers in the langar kitchens. BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokari Kalan said: “The farmers are lucky they had their own gen-sets and solar batteries to run electrical appliances. But we need more generators after the government shut our streetlights, water supply, and internet to suppress the agitation. We had to call village electricians from Punjab.”
JALANDHAR/BATHINDA/PATIALA: The ‘Dilli Chalo’ move by farm groups is attracting farmers and non-farmers alike in Punjab. It is gathering pace even over 20 days since the protest began despite the December chill and deaths of some of the protesters. Farm union leaders said they have been going by a ‘one person from one family’ policy, but people have been flocking to Delhi on their own too.
On Tuesday, widows of farmers who committed suicide due to debt or other agriculture-related issues, left for Delhi’s Tikri border carrying photographs of their deceased family members. They will stay for some days in the pandals of farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). District and tehsil units were asked to prepare lists of farm suicide-hit families, asking them to keep information ready on when the farmer committed suicide, the reason and how he took his life. If debt was the reason, families have been asked to collect details of the debt amount, landholding of the family, and whethe
Kin of farmers who committed suicide leave for Tikri border
JALANDHAR/BATHINDA: The farm groups’ ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest against the three central farm laws appears to attracting farmers and non-farmers alike in Punjab. It is gathering pace even over 20 days after its start and despite the December chill and some protesters’ deaths. Farm union leaders said they have been going by ‘one person from one family policy’, but people have been flocking to Delhi on their own.
On Tuesday, widows of farmers who committed suicide due to debt or other agriculture-related issues, left for Delhi’s Tikri border to highlight the agrarian crisis, carrying photographs of their deceased family members. They will stay for some days in the pandals of farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). District and tehsil units were asked to prepare lists of farm suicide-hit families, asking the families to get ready with details like when the farmer had committed suicide, the reason and way of committin