Delhi Chalo March: Farmers Fly Kites to Combat Tear Gas Drones at Shambhu Border | Watch

When farmers protesting at the Haryana-Punjab border were lobbed with tear gas shells using drones, the agitators came up with a unique way to combat the police and stayed put up there – Kites.

Visuals emerging from Punjab’s Shambu border showed protesting farmers flying kites in order to restrict the tear-gas firing zone of the drones. The farmers’ unique protest came on the occasion of Basant Panchami.

Haryana Police on Wednesday used tear gas shells at farmers from Punjab at the Shambhu border to deter them from entering the national capital on the second day of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march.

However, the protesting farmers clarified that they were determined to march towards the national capital despite the obstacles, many young farmers have made their tractors ready to remove the multi-layered cemented blocks at the Shambhu border.

The farmers also made arrangements for water tankers to minimise the impact of any tear gas shell lobbed by the Haryana security personnel.

Similar standoffs were reported at Data Singhwala-Khanauri border in Haryana’s Jind district, with Haryana Police barricades stopping farmers from travelling to Delhi on their tractor-trolleys.

With the farmers from several places in Punjab continuing to pour in at the Shambhu border to participate in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, a large number of tractor-trolleys could be seen parked along the national highway on the Punjab side.

On Tuesday, the first day of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation, several protesters and policemen were injured in clashes at Shambhu and Data Singhwala-Khanauri borders.

The protesting farmers, who are demanding a guaranteed minimum support price (MSP), planned to make a fresh attempt to break past the multiple layers of barricades at the border with Haryana.