Clear One Side Of Road Connecting Singhu Border, Mahapanchayat Tells Protesting Farmers

The "mahapanchayat" has given 10 days to the protesting farmers to clear one side of the road connecting to the Singhu border. Farmers have been camping at Delhi's borders since November last year protesting against centre's farm laws.

People from around 20 villages held a "mahapanchayat" in Haryana's Sonipat, demanding from farmers protesting the centre's farm laws to open a side of the road connecting their area to the Delhi's Singhu border. "People who need to travel for their jobs are facing a lot of problems. Students who go for their tuition and coaching classes are also hit. The industrial units and several shops are facing heavy losses. We have no issue with farmers, we are not against them but as citizens, we too have equal rights," Ramphal Saroha, who presided over the event, told reporters in Sonipat's Sersa village. "The entire road has been blocked by protesters for the past seven months. We are demanding that one side of it should be cleared as people in the area are facing a lot of difficulties," Mr Saroha said. He said they have given 10 days to the farmers to meet their demand.