New Delhi: A fireplace broke out in a tent at Delhi’s Singhu border the place farmers have been protesting the Centre’s three agri legal guidelines, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha claimed on Saturday.
Sukhwinder Singh, a protester, stated the incident happened round 10 am close to an under-construction flyover the place the tent was put up.
Nonetheless, there was no official phrase in regards to the incident from the police or the fireplace division.
The tent was fully burnt, stated the Morcha, which is heading the agitation.
A person was additionally injured whereas making an attempt to extinguish the blaze. The incident happened after a cylinder caught fireplace, the SKM claimed.
There have been round 10 to 12 folks contained in the tent when the blaze broke out. 5 cellphones, 20 mattresses, 20 chairs and dry ration was destroyed, it stated, including {that a} fireplace tender from Kundali doused the fireplace.
Dilpreet Singh, a resident of Punjab’s Patiala district who’s participating within the agitation, stated a person named Rajwant Singh was injured within the incident.
“The hearth broke out after we had been making tea. Rajwant was injured whereas dousing the fireplace. There have been 12 to 13 folks within the tent. We are going to make our new tent tomorrow,” Dilpreet stated.
Lots of of farmers are tenting at Delh’s borders factors at Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri since November demanding that the Centre repeal the three contentious farm legal guidelines and make a brand new one that may guarantee authorized assure on the MSP.
Enacted in September, the three farm legal guidelines have been projected by the Centre as main reforms within the agriculture sector that can take away middlemen and permit farmers to promote their produce wherever within the nation.
The protesting farmers, alternatively, have expressed apprehension that the brand new legal guidelines would pave the best way for eliminating the protection cushion of the Minimal Help Worth (MSP) and eliminate the “mandi” (wholesale market) system, leaving them on the mercy of huge corporates. PTI NIT TDS TDS
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