Farmers Movement Archive

Singhu border: As summer promises to be scorching, mini park offers shades to protesters

NEW DELHI: A mini garden has come up at Singhu border where the protesters, especially the elderly among them, can find respite under tree shades even as the summer heat gains intensity by the day. Created by NGO United Sikhs, the trees for the park have been provided by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Pritam Singh, members of United Sikhs, said he and his team members had been planning to create the garden for the past two months. The NGO members made arrangements to start work near the main stage at the protest site. The park can accommodate around 40 people at one time and at least 10 of them can sit under the shade of trees. Pritam Singh said, “I am professionally engaged in making terrace gardens, so I had an entire design in my mind even before we actually started planning the park. It already has around 100 plants and the grass has also been planted. The park will be thrown open to everyone in the next two days.” The NGO member added, “Khalsa Aid runs a medical camp at the rear of the main protest dais. With summer approaching, we thought it important to conduct a cleanliness drive. When we were cleaning up the area, we hit upon the idea of a park to promote the need for a clean place for relaxation. If this garden is well received by everyone, we will create more parks at the protest site. The greener the protest site the better.” With the onset of summers, the protesting farmers at Singhu border will be making changes in their living conditions by making arrangements to escape the hot sun. “We have started placing coolers in our tents, to start with,” revealed Gurnam Singh, 70. “We withstood the harsh winter cold and we will now ensure that we comfortably bear the heat of the summers.”

The Times of India

2021-03-07

Delhi