The well being division officers in Haryana will meet with the protesting farmers on the state border to speak about their Covid-19 assessments and vaccination, mentioned well being minister Anil Vij on Thursday.
“Officers of the state well being division to carry a gathering immediately night with farmers, sitting in protests at Haryana borders, relating to their Covid-19 testings and vaccination. The division will start the work after the farmer leaders agree,” mentioned Vij.
The minister had introduced earlier this week farmers protesting in opposition to the central agricultural legal guidelines at Delhi-Haryana borders shall be examined and vaccinated.
“It’s my responsibility to fret about everybody in Haryana. Farmers are protesting right here in massive numbers. Now we have determined to vaccinate them and get them examined for COVID-19. Yesterday, we had a gathering with state-level corona monitoring committee, whereby we took this determination,” Vij was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
The minister additional knowledgeable that he had talked to deputy commissioner of Sonipat and Jhajjar, in regards to the vaccination and testing of farmers protesting on the border.
In the meantime, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha mentioned on Wednesday that farmers in massive numbers have began coming in the direction of Delhi after the harvesting season to strengthen the protest in opposition to the three contentious legal guidelines.
The one manner for the Centre to resolve the impasse with the protesting farmers is by repealing the legal guidelines and are available out with laws to ensure the minimal assist worth (MSP), the umbrella physique mentioned.
Scores of farmers, led by the SKM, are tenting at Delhi’s border factors of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur since 26 November final 12 months with their calls for for the repeal of the three new legal guidelines and a brand new regulation on MSP for crops.
“On the decision of the SKM, farmers in massive numbers have began coming in the direction of Delhi. The farmers are coming again after harvesting, to strengthen the protest at Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur and Shahjahanpur borders,” SKM chief Darshan Pal mentioned in a press release.
“If the federal government is equally nervous in regards to the well being of farmers, it ought to instantly repeal the three legal guidelines and make a brand new regulation on the MSP. That is the one resolution the place farmers can rollback the protest, in any other case, will probably be getting stronger day-to-day,” he added.
