Farmers Movement Archive

50 days on, no dearth of supplies at farmers' protest sites

Tribune News Service Sangrur, January 16 As the farmers’ protest against the central agriculture laws continues to intensify at the Delhi borders, so is the enthusiasm of those serving free food to them. “We have started this langar with the blessings of Guru Nanak Dev and we have never faced shortage of any item. In fact, we have to ask donors to stop sending ration as we do not have any vacant space left to adjust more. We have enough ration to run langar for months,” said Gurmeet Singh, a youngster at the Tikri border. Haryana residents, too, are serving kheer and other food items to all farmers round the clock. “Youngsters are supplying fresh milk to us daily and sometimes we prepare kheer even thrice a day,” said Anil Kumar from Haryana. Apart from langars, there is non-stop delivery of water bottles, dry fruit, lassi, hot milk, tea, water (in small and big bottles), pakoras, jalebis and panjiri. “Numerous trucks, trailers, and tempos pass by distributing various food items daily. When I used to come here in the past, I used to buy a glass of water for Rs 10, but now we have so many bottles of mineral water that we can even wash our hands with it,” said Sukhdev Singh, a farmer from Sangrur. A group of youngsters distributing bottles of water said they were from Hoshiarpur district and an NRI had purchased 10 tonne water for protesters. “It’s not just us. There are many more providing essential commodities to the protesters for free,” said Satinder Singh, another youngster.

The Tribune

2021-01-17