Nip in air fails to deter farmers’ spirit
Item
Title
Nip in air fails to deter farmers’ spirit
Description
The ongoing agitation of farmer organisations at the Butari railway station near Beas to get the three controversial agriculture-related laws repealed completed a month here on Saturday.With the early morning and night temperatures dropping to around 12 degrees Celsius, farmers have started feeling a nip in the air in the night and early morning as they are protesting in the open.“The nights and early mornings will start getting colder if it rains in the next few days. Then it will be difficult spending nights under a tent,” said farmer leader Harmeet Singh.The protest, being held under the banner of 30 farmer organizations, is going on simultaneously at the Butari railway station, the Gehri Mandi railway station, outside the residence of Rajya Sabha member Shwait Malik, toll plazas and petrol pumps of Reliance Industries.The farmer leaders said though cold weather ahead would create problems for them, the protesters would not leave their protesting sites. They said the farmers were already busy as it was harvesting time and many were preparing fields for sowing the next crop but this had not stopped them from attending the protests.Farm leaders Gurmej Singh Timowal, Balwinder Singh Dudhala and Parkash Singh were present. — TNS
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2020-11-01
Coverage
Amritsar