Digging in: on the frontlines as farmers lay siege to Delhi
Written by Amrit Dhillon in Delhi and Hannah Ellis-Petersen
Donations flood in to community kitchens as farmers protest against liberalisation of agriculture sector
When the sacks were ripped opened, almonds poured out, more than 10,000kg of them. It was not the first donation that had been sent to the Indian farmers defiantly camped out along the periphery of Delhi. In previous days trucks had rolled up and disgorged sacks of rice, pulses, flour, vegetables, sugar, tea and biscuits.
“This is food being sent by supporters from all over India and from as far as England and Canada. There is no shortage of food. We have enough to eat for months,” said Jaswinder Pal Singh, a farmer from Punjab.
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