After victory march, farmers leave for home
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:12.12.2021
They assembled on Delhi’s borders over several months, their numbers swelling with each passing day. It, however, took them only a couple of days to pack up and leave for their villages in Punjab and Haryana. After a victory march on their tractors and trolleys in the morning, the farmers at Singhu began the journey back home on Saturday. Amidst, slogans, songs and sword dances, there was a twinge of pain in their hearts as they left what has been their home and friends behind. It will take two days for the police to remove heavy barricades and open the highway.
At Tigri border, however, things moved fast. By 12 noon, 90% of the tents had been removed as farmers left in a convoy amid a shower of petals. The authorities wasted no time in clearing the road. A makeshift cement wall, four layers of barricades created with cemented bollards, containers, fences and trolleys got removed one by one with the help of cranes. P13'
After a year-long protest, farmers start heading home from the Singhu border on Saturday
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