, Satnam Singh Sahni said that people are being made aware about Covid-19. Also, some oxygen cylinders have been arranged by farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal from Mandi Gobindgarh, added Sahni.){kind=link}
Farmers who have been protesting at Delhi’s Tikri and Singhu border since the last year in September, have now started preparations to fight against Covid by issuing advisories to protesters to adopt Covid-appropriate behavior. The protestors have oxygen cylinders and concentrators are also being kept handy at the sites.
A woman participant, Baljit Kaur, at Tikri border said that earlier, the speeches were only about the three farm laws, but now various speakers, including the head of Bharti Kisan Union Joginder Singh Ugrahan, have been talking about the spread of the Covid and asking the protestors to take proper precautions including wearing masks, maintaining distance and hand sanitization.
Another protestor Jagsir Singh said the team of doctors arranged by the farm union leaders are advising the protestors to drink hot water, keep throat wet all the time, avoid fasting and use herbs like cardamom, ginger, ajwain etc. while making tea. He informed the reporters that these announcements are made 5-6 times in a day from the stage.
Senior Vice President of BKU (Ugrahan), Bathinda, said whosoever gets sick is immediately attended to by a team of doctors so as to know whether person has any Covid-like symptoms or not and the team of doctors sanitized the protest sites every day. Dr Daler Singh Multani, a retired Civil Surgeon from Fazilka, said that his team has been at Tikri border since December and he has been visiting on and off at the protest site, adding up to 13 trips so far to Tikri border.
Farm activists sanitise the protest site at Tikri while at Singhu border, the Sanyunkt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has set up a makeshift hospital. Several health camps are being set up at the Singhu where people having any ailment are attended to and focus is on sanitation and cleanliness of the area.
The general secretary of BKU (Doaba), Satnam Singh Sahni said that people are being made aware about Covid-19. Also, some oxygen cylinders have been arranged by farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal from Mandi Gobindgarh, added Sahni.
Sahni said it is shame on the Centre ignoring the protesting farmers, who are sitting under high risk of Covid. But Covid spread cannot stop farmers from getting their genuine rights. Even yesterday, 200 vehicles from Doaba region went to Delhi to participate in the protest.