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.
GHAZIABAD: For the past 90 days, Devendra Singh from Gurdwara Nanakpuri Tanda Sahib has been managing the kitchen for protesting farmers at UP Gate. Earlier, the protest site used to be dotted with langars, with people standing in long queues to receive food.
Now, there aren’t many takers and the ration requirements have come down significantly as the Ghazipur border protest site has thinned out. “There are fewer people to feed. Besides, we can’t store cooked food in this season as it will get spoiled,” said Singh.
The advent of warm weather, the practical difficulties of staying away from their farms for weeks and a hectic travel schedule that has kept away Rakesh Tikait, the BKU leader who has been leading the protest here, have all contributed to an empty look to one of the three largest rallying points for farmers opposed to the new central laws.
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Gurugram police on high alert as agitating farmers from Singhu reach KMP Expressway
Hundreds of farmers riding trolleys reached the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway from the Singhu border on Saturday, and are waiting for instructions to implement the blockade planned by the farmers group. The farmers are slated to block the 135-km-long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as KMP Expressway, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday to mark 100 days of protest against the Centre s farm laws.
The farmers agitation against the farm laws passed by the Central government, had started on November 26 last year. The move to block the expressway is a part of the strategy to intensify the ongoing protest against the contentious legislations.
The vehicular movement from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi is not allowed. Farmers protesting at Delhi-UP border | Photo Credit: AP
New Delhi: Ghazipur border, which remained closed since January 26 following the Republic Day violence, was on Tuesday reopened for vehicular movement.
However, the movement is allowed only for those entering Uttar Pradesh from the national capital.
Following the reopening of the border, a commuter said, Earlier, one had to go through Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway or take a different route. Now our time will be saved.
The vehicular movement from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi is still not allowed.
The security at the Ghazipur border in the national capital was increased after violence erupted on Republic Day during the farmers tractor rally. Delhi Police had also cemented nails near barricades at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) and Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) borders.