BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
GHAZIABAD: Alleging that the central government was trying to drive a wedge between farmers, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said their unions would remain united and also warned of a ‘hal kranti’, or ‘plough revolution’, in Delhi if the deadlock on the new agriculture laws drags on.
Addressing mahapanchayats at Kharak Punia and Balsamand villages in Haryana’s Hisar district, Tikait said, “No one should live under the impression that the farmers will return to their villages or that the protest will end in two months. If the need arises, we will plan a ‘hal kranti’ in the capital. The farmers are the same as the ones who participated in the tractor rally on January 26, and so are the tractors.”
GHAZIABAD: From community kitchens, health check up booths and libraries to a salon and a laundry, in the past three months, the UP Gate protest site has seen several arrangements being made to sustain the agitation. Now, it also has a school.
The need to set up a classroom was felt late last month when women and children came to the protest site in large numbers before the January 26 rally.
“The sight of children playing here the whole day affected me. I spoke to their parents and asked them why they brought the children to the protest. The most common answer I got was that there was no one else at home to take care of them,” said Mahendra Yadav, a social activist from Madhya Pradesh who has been camping at UP Gate for some time.
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GHAZIABAD: Even as the city is struggling with rampant garbage dumping in almost every municipal area, the civic body as come up with an ambitious plan of launching “spot the garbage” challenge on social media, especially Twitter, from this week. Under the initiative, residents will be asked to tag the civic body along with pictures of garbage dumps in their area and the civic body will clean them within 24 hours and provide the geo-tagged photo with location and timing. Officials said that initially they will clean the spot in 24 hours, but over the period of time, the response time will be reduced to just two hours. They added that the department has also formed a “Team-100” comprising one volunteer from each ward whose job will be to keep an eye on civic issues and inform the official concerned so that timely action can be initiated.
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GHAZIABAD: Three masked men robbed a jeweller of valuables and cash in Ghukna area on Friday. The incident took place around 9pm when Rajeev Sisodia, a resident of Ghukna, was returning home with his brother after closing his shop in Tyagi market.
Krishna Gopal Sharma, SHOSihani Gate police station, said Sisodia’s shop is just 200m away from his house. “Sisodia and his brother, Amit, were returning in a scooty. Sisodia was riding pillion holding a bag, which had jewellery and Rs 5 lakh. When they reached outside their house, they were stopped by three masked men on a motorcycle. They were asked to give the bag at gunpoint. When they opposed, the accused fired in the air.