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Farmers protest: Camping at Delhi borders for over a month now, protesting farmers seem undeterred in the face of severe cold, rains and waterlogging, and firm on their demands for repeal of farm laws and legal backing for MSP even as talks with the government remained inconclusive. The protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been at the border points of the national capital for almost 40 days now, braving the bone-chilling cold weather in the region. Let us take a look at some of the images from the site:
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Sporadic rains have also lashed the city in the last couple of days, following which the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) arranged makeshift elevated beds in a tent provided by the organisation at the demonstration site near Singhu border. (PTI Photo)
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The tent, located right beyond the main stage at the site, is pitched on the lower end of the highway, making it susceptible to waterlogging. (AP Photo)
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The unions stuck to their demand for a complete repeal of the new farm laws they find pro-corporate, while the government wanted to discuss only "problematic" clauses or other alternatives. The two sides will meet again on January 8. (PTI Photo)
Preempting the bad weather, the DSGMC last week replaced all the mattresses on the ground with wooden tables that were covered with cloth mats and then the mattresses were placed on them. (AP Photo) -
According to Manjinder Singh, president of the DSGMC, the organisation has provided 1200 such beds across the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur protest sites for those gathered there to cope with the rain. (AP Photo)
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The DSGMC has already made provisions for langar (community kitchens), medical assistance, blankets, tents, as well as ambulances at all three protest sites. (AP Photo)
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The farmers are apprehensive that the new legislations will do away with the Minimum Support Price system and leave them at the mercy of big corporations. (AP Photo)
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