Village groups coordinate ‘chakka jam’ at Singhu Border

Protesting farmers at the Singhu Border on Saturday stated residents of their respective villages had participated within the Chakka jam (street block) known as by the farmers.

Teams and committees at the village degree had been shaped earlier to coordinate between those that had been required to be current at the borders and people who would take part within the chakka jam, they stated.

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Patiala resident Manjeet Singh, who has been at the Singhu border for the reason that protest started stated, “These days we are mostly staying at the borders on a rotational basis. Committees have been formed at the village level specially for coordination purposes – to decide which group is going to be at the borders and for how long.”

“Similarly, for the chakka jam as well, it was decided as to who all will block the highways. Considering we are here at the border, people from our village have participated in the three hour blockade, in large numbers. From our village, tractors and trolleys protested on the Bhatinda-Chandigarh highway. Link roads were also shut during this period, according to the updates we received from those who participated,” stated Mr. Singh.

Several tractors and trolleys had been additionally seen arriving at the Singhu border on Saturday, with groups of individuals becoming a member of the protest, even because the chakka jam was underway in different elements of the nation.

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Vikram Singh, a resident of Bhatinda stated, “I have been at the protest site since the first day. We have around 25-30 trolleys from our village itself. The village pradhan is the one who is mostly coordinating and organising everything. People from our village have gone to the Bhatinda-Amritsar highway for the chakka jam. Because the distance is also less, there are instances where all members from a particular family have joined the three-hour long blockade.”

Stating that individuals additionally again within the villages had been prepared and motivated to take part within the protest, Maninder Singh, a farmer from Punjab’s Mohali district stated, “The call had gone from the main stage at Singhu border and people in the villages were more than happy to join the protest. Everyone is prepared. Anyway people are visiting the borders on a rotational basis. So the ones who are currently in the villages joined the chakka jam wholeheartedly.”

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Internet providers continued to stay disrupted at the Singhu Border amid heavy deployment of safety forces.