updated: Dec 20 2020, 15:15 ist
The ongoing farmers protests at various borders outside New Delhi has entered its 25th day and has shown no signs of stopping. Whether you have been to the venue or have seen visuals from the border, the sight of tractors, tents, tarpaulins, and turban-clad Sikhs preparing and serving up
langar to those present is a familiar one.
Now, who are these people? Where are they from?
The Indian Express answered some of these questions in a report.
1. Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Committee
The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Committee is said to be the largest group that has descended upon the Singhu border outside the national capital. They are usually found right next to the stage and can be seen serving hundreds of people almost throughout the day. They have also provided shelters for men and women, apart from tarpaulins and essential goods like medicines.
Gurdwaras to volunteer groups to NGOs: Who’s feeding protesters at the borders
From farmers of a particular village cooking by their tractor-trolleys to feed themselves and share with the public, to large-scale langars sewa through feeding runs throughout the protests. Updated: December 20, 2020 8:00:06 am
Langars at Singhu; farmers can be seen cooking by their tractor-trolleys to feed themselves and share with the public while several large-scale langars have
also come up.(Abhinav Saha)
Along the several-kilometres-long stretches of tractors and protesters at Singhu and Tikri, the site of food being prepared and served is ubiquitous. From farmers of a particular village cooking by their tractor-trolleys to feed themselves and share with the public, to large-scale langars sewa through feeding runs throughout the protests. And some of the largest langars give an idea of the organisations involved.