Samyukt Kisan Morcha opens one side of Delhi border for emergency services

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, April 24

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday claimed to have opened one side of all highways at the Delhi border, where farmers have been camping for months to protest the new laws, to ensure free passage for oxygen tankers and ambulances amid the Covid crisis.

Farm leaders, however, alleged that the Delhi Police hadn’t removed the barricades so far.

Notably, in a meeting of the SKM leaders with the officials of the Haryana Government in the PWD Rest House in Rai on Thursday, it was decided that barricades from one side of the road would be removed for free passage to the emergency vehicles — ambulances, oxygen vehicles and fire brigades.

In a joint statement, the SKM leaders — Darshan Pal, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Hannan Maula, Jagjeet Singh Dallewal, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Yudhvir Singh and Joginder Singh Ugrahan — said it had been almost 150 days for the farmers sitting on the borders of Delhi. Covid is spreading rapidly in Delhi and patients have died due to the lack of oxygen in many hospitals.

Extending condolences to all those who died due to the virus or are infected, the SKM leaders said we had opened one side of the road and emergency services were availabe at every protest site.

Although the Delhi Police have not removed the barricades, the vehicles coming or going to the Capital are not facing problem on the part of the farmers, the leaders claimed.

Farmers are helping Covid warriors to reach their destination, the SKM added.