Farmers pitch waterproof tents, gear up for long haul in Karnal

Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, September 10

Amid the hot and humid climate, the fourth day of the farmers’ protest outside the mini secretariat witnessed gathering of all age groups. People from various parts of Haryana, Punjab and UP reached here to show their solidarity with the protesters.

Net restored

Providing relief to students, business class and others, the government on Friday restored the mobile, Internet and SMS services after a gap of three days.

Artiste lends support

Artiste Sonia Mann celebrated her birthday amid the protesters in Karnal on Friday. She encouraged the protesting farmers to stay put here indefinitely. She also exhorted farmers to come to Karnal in large numbers daily for their cause.

Solar panel atop tractor

A family from Habri village came here with a solar panel atop a tractor-trailer to facilitate farmers. The family said they came here with this set-up so that farmers would get its benefit of shelter, light, fan etc.

Many protesting farmers have erected waterproof tents in the area. “We are ready for a long haul, for which we are making all arrangements,” said Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, member state core committee, BKU.

“I came here from Ratia to extend support to farmers, who faced lathis on August 28. The government should consider the demands of the farming community positively,” said Ram Kumar.

Meanwhile, farmers’ leaders remain firm on their demands, including the suspension of 2018-batch IAS officer Ayush Sinha, whose video went viral in which he was purportedly heard telling cops to “break the heads” of the protesters crossing barricades on the day of the lathicharge incident. Meanwhile, the police and security personnel are stationed in large numbers outside and inside the mini secretariat here.

IGP Mamta Singh, DC, Nishant Kumar Yadav, Karnal SP Ganga Ram Punia, Panipat SP Shanshank Kumar Sawan, Kaithal SP Lokender Singh and around 20 DSPs, duty magistrates are monitoring the situation. Drone cameras are keeping a vigil on the protesting farmers.

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