Corn to onions — Burari ground, once feared as a ‘jail’, now a field for farmers
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The Indian Express logo Corn to onions — Burari ground, once feared as a ‘jail’, now a field for farmers
With small patches of onion, corn and a number of other vegetables, rows of marigold flowers, and a volleyball court, the Burari ground in Delhi that farmers had earlier called an ‘open jail’ has now evolved into a site fairly distinct from other protests at the borders, albeit much smaller in size.
When farmers had arrived at Singhu and Tikri borders, authorities had asked them to move the protest to the Burari ground instead of heading towards Jantar Mantar or Ramlila Maidan. While most farmers then decided to remain put at the borders — saying authorities wanted to push them into a corner — about 400 eventually moved to the Burari ground.
Pointing to a volleyball net tied between a branch and a tent, Jagdeep Singh (24) from Punjab’s Faridkot said on Tuesday, “A sewadar from Delhi donated this net to us 10 days ago. Since then, some of us gather to play in the evenings. Farmers cannot sit idle, it is in our blood to do something productive. For the same reason, a number of older farmers decided to make use of the land and grow a few vegetables.”