Ahead of Tuesday’s farmers’ rally, tractors poured into Ghazipur all through Monday, with the Tricolour omnipresent on the protest web site.
As of Monday afternoon, vans, tractors, trolleys and automobiles of farmers occupied greater than 2 km of the Ghazipur flyover and beneath it, with the dimensions of the protest there increasing significantly within the run-up to Republic Day. Organisers mentioned they’d initially estimated that 10,000-15,000 tractors would take part within the rally there, however had elevated their estimate to 30,000.
“It is not possible for us to make a clear estimate as tractors are coming in continuously. Farmers and tractors from nearby districts and villages are expected to continue coming in till Tuesday morning,” mentioned Jagtar Singh Bajwa, spokesperson of the Ghazipur Kisan Andolan Committee.
To handle a rally of the dimensions deliberate for Tuesday, the Ghazipur protest coordinators will have interaction greater than 300 volunteers for safety and site visitors management. According to Bajwa, the largest concern with regard to the rally is sustaining peace and safety.
“All our volunteers for Tuesday are sons of farmers. A set of them will be in charge of videography, which will also help us track and make sure that no unwanted elements join the rally. Our entire route comes up to 46 km and we have divided it into 12 sectors for logistics. We will be placing volunteers in charge of those sectors; it will be their responsibility to make sure all tractors move in a line and none overtake each other. They will supervise turns in the road and if anybody tries to join midway, they are to be directed to join right at the tail end of the rally. We have arranged for bikes for the volunteers as well,” he mentioned.
Farmers have been instructed to drive their tractors ‘aaram-aaram se’ and to keep up three tractors per row whereas shifting. Everyone has additionally been instructed to have the nationwide flag on their tractors.
Before the rally, the nationwide flag can even be hoisted at a stage erected on the Ghazipur flyover.
Among those that arrived on the border simply forward of Tuesday had been 25 farmers from Deora Khas village in Sambhal district on a tractor-trolley. “We had left at around 6 pm on Sunday evening and we reached at 4 this morning. We had travelled with 50 other tractors from our district. Everybody in our village is ready to come and be a part of this movement,” mentioned Aham Singh Yadav (55). Relaxing on the trolley with them was Sarvesh Kumar Kathiyar, a 53-year-old who arrived that morning after boarding a bus from Kanpur district with a pal.
Prashant Chahal (23) arrived on Sunday evening from Bhagain village in Bijnor district in a tractor-trolley with 11 different folks from his village. “There were already two such tractors from our village at the site and five more are on their way and will arrive in the night,” he mentioned.
