Farmers Movement Archive

Wind uproots farmer protesters’ huts, tents at Tikri border

Tribune News ServiceJhajjar, April 16High velocity winds coupled with rain uprooted the huts and tents of protesting farmers camping at Tikri border on Friday.Water entered their camps leaving clothes, food items and other belongings of the farmers soaked. The farmers later repaired their huts and placed the clothes and other things in the open to dry.“We have suffered heavy loss due to the storm and rain in the evening. The temporary abodes of many farmers were damaged and all things kept in the camp got wet, but it will not affect our enthusiasm in any manner. We will not move from here without getting the three farm laws repealed,” said Anoop Chanaut, a farmer leader.He maintained they were fully prepared to brave every sort of weather. “We faced bone-chilling winter sitting in the tractor-trailers at Tikri during the initial days and now, we have made all arrangements to beat the summer heat and the rains. No one is worried about the weather,” Chanaut added.Pragat Singh, a BKU (Rajewal) leader, said some of the huts had been repaired by the farmers by helping one another. The remaining would be set up again in the morning as the electricity supply was not proper at this time.

The Tribune

2021-04-17