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Photos From The Frontlines: Farmers’ Protest At The Khanauri Border

At the Khanauri border, thousands of farmers have෴ been protesting for nearly a year, demanding a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP). They’ve turned tractor trolleys into makeshift homes, organised round-the-clock patrols, with volunteer-run langars keeping them fed.

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65 year old Kartar Singh from Kapurthala district in P💞unjab takes a nap in his shꦺelter before it gets dark, when several ex service men like himself patrol the protest site through the night to provide security.

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Balbir Singᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚh from Fridkot stands outside his tent. He spends a week at Khanauri at a time, alternating w๊ith his elder brother.

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Brothers Jagtar and Jagmeet rest in theꩲ winter sun during a lull in the activities at the protest site

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Manjeet Singh was among the 100 elderly s🐠ikh farmers who participated in a sit in closer to the barricading at the Haryana border by the Haryana police.

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The protest site is ﷽separated by 15 meters of no mans land from the fortified barricades c🐠onstantly manned by the Harayana Police. The protesters on their part have put up barbed wire to stop the police from entering their camp

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Balwinder Si💎ngh, a 26 year old farmer from Kartarpur, poses with a flag from one of the Farmers organizations support💖ing the protest.

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Farmers from Gurdaspur at the protest site. They came to contribute to the cause, and༺ they say they are ready to stay for as long it takes for the Central Government to give in to their demands.

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Women from a nearby vil💛lage make chapattis at one of the numerous ‘langars’ or community kitchens at the site

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Haryana pol🌞ice observe the protesters from♏ their side of the border at Khanauri.

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Farmers have park🌄ed tractor trolleys covered with tarpaulins which provide them shelter from the elements along the highway

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Farmers eat lunch at one of the several langars at the protes♌t site. Volunteers do the cooking and supplies are donated by well-wishers.

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The farmers have been at Khanauri for almost a year nowꦐ and have gradually put up temperorary shelters along the highway to make their stay as comfortable as possible

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