Vehicles Loaded with Six Months’ Food and Logistics

Thousands of farmers marching towards Delhi say they are prepared for the long haul, carrying enough ration and diesel to last for months, as the borders have been sealed to prevent them from entering the national capital. The farmers are protesting over a series of demands, including a minimum support price (MSP) for their crops - a follow-up to their 2020 protest in which they had camped at the border points for 13 months.

An intelligence report on the farmers’ protest 2.0 indicates that from Punjab alone, 1,500 tractors and 500 vehicles have been mobilised for the farmers' protest, with these vehicles loaded with six months' worth of food, rations, and logistics. From a needle to hammer, we have everything we need in our trolleys, including tools to break stones. We left our village with six months' ration with us. We have enough diesel, even for our brothers from Haryana," Harbhajan Singh, a farmer from Punjab's Gurdaspur told, headed to Delhi on his tractor, pulling two trollies loaded with supplies. 

Tractors have been modified to convert them into shelters and stays, says intel report. The report also says that farmers have planned to come in small groups and hide themselves in gurudwaras, dharamshalas, ashrams, guest houses around Delhi and hold snap protests.