Singhu locals divided over farmers’ agitation

Singhu Border, Jan 31 : It has been more than two months since the ongoing farmer protests began at the Delhi borders over the contentious farm laws. However, there has been a major turnaround in the situation at the borders since the January 26 violence.
The views of the people of Singhu village adjacent to the border may be divided over the farmers’ movement but they are bearing the brunt and have been inconvenienced due to the closure of roads across the village.
Nearly 20,000 people live in Singhu village, some of whom have their own houses while most people in this village live on rent.
Due to the farmers’ agitation at the border, the Delhi-Karnal road is closed and the main road connecting the highway to the village has also been closed due to security reasons. Due to this the people of the village are very upset.
A villager said, “Earlier it used to take some time to go from one’s home to Delhi or Haryana’s Sonepat or any other place, now it takes half an hour to go from the village to the main road.” People going to Chandigarh or Haryana from Delhi also pass through this village due to which the roads of the village are filled with vehicles and there are traffic snarls witnessed for hours together.