New Delhi: Aryan is 13 years old now worried about the next food when thousands of farmers ended their protests and covered their langars on the Singhu Delhi border.
Like him, there are many who used to get food in the kitchen community founded by farmers and sleep in tents thrown by them for more than a year of protests.
On Saturday morning, a large number of local children and poor people, including the residents of the slums, their last breakfast at Langars farmers.
“We used to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Langars here.
This is our last breakfast today in Langar.
Now, we have to cook yourself or look for another option,” Aryan 13 years old, a slum in Kundli, told PTI.
Farmers said they had also developed feelings for local children who had come to the protest sites when they remind them of their own sons and grandchildren.
“These children are part of our protest when they come here for food.
They reminded me of my grandchildren.
It is good to have it here.
The Almighty will take care of them now,” said Satwant Singh from Mohali.
The slums inhabitants generally work in factories or warehouses in the region.
The homeless people who used to live in emergency tents by farmers were worried about their lodging settings.
MONU KUSHWAHA, 38, from Supaul in Bihar said before the farmer came to the Singhu border to protest, he used to sleep on the path but which changed after stir started last year.
“During farmer agitation, I used to sleep in one of their tents and had food at Langars.
It will stop now and I will return to the path again,” Kushwaha said.
Eight-year-old Mausam, a resident of a slum located near the KFC Tower in Kundli, said that for the past year, he had had good food in Langars.
“My father works in a factory but because the family is big, we often have to miss eating once.
But for the past year, we used to have a lot of food in Langars.
We used to be packed for home.
Well.
All this will stop now,” said Mausam.
The presence of farmers and their settlements also helps poor children in other ways too.
They say they have no problems crossing the highway for their daily work, which before protests are generally used to be a difficult task.
“My school is located on the other side of the highway.
Since farmers came here, I did not face the problem in crossing the road because there was no traffic.
I used to have food here and then go to school.
It is very sad that they are back,” said Tarun , 11, whose father worked in a showroom.
On November 29, a bill was passed in parliament to revoke the law, one of the main demands of the farmers.
However, farmers refused to end their protests, demanding that the government fulfill their other demands that cover legal guarantees at the minimum support price (MSP) and withdrawing police cases against them.
When the center received a delayed demand, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which was the spearhead stir, suspended the farmer’s movement and announced that they would return home on December 11.
As farmers return home, poor people worry about food
