Farmers Movement Archive

Opened one side of roads but Delhi cops yet to remove barricades: SKM

Bathinda: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha has claimed that going by the Covid surge in the national capital, the protesting farmers had opened the roads from one side of Delhi’s borders for emergency services. Morcha volunteers were playing the role of Covid warriors on protest sites at Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur and Shahjahanpur to ensure smooth traffic, it claimed, adding emergency services were open at every border. In a meeting with Haryana government officials two days ago it was decided that barricades from one side of the road would now be removed. The farmers have removed obstacles and the vehicles coming or going to Delhi are not facing any problem on the part of the farmers although the Delhi Police had not yet removed the barricades, said morcha adding farmers were helping the Covid warriors reach the destination. The farm body, with the help of some social welfare organisations and doctors, was encouraging farmers for sanitation, distribution of masks and vaccination at the protest sites, it said. At Tikri border, a team led by Dr Sawaiman Singh, is reaching out to the farmers and urging them to take necessary precautions regarding the pandemic. Going by the death of many persons in Delhi due to lack of oxygen, the morcha urged the government to make arrangements of oxygen to save precious lives.

The Times of India

2021-04-25

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