Protesting farmers fly kites to combat police drones
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Farmers come up with a unique way to deter police drones
(Web Desk) - Farmers protesting at the Shambhu border were seen flying kites to limit the tear-gas firing zone of the drones.
Farmers protesting at Shambhu border have come up with a unique way to deter the police drones dropping tear gas shells on them.
The Haryana Police is using drones to drop tear gas shells on farmers to deter them from entering the state and heading towards the national capital as part of their 'Delhi Chalo' protest.
Farmers at Shambhu border were seen flying kites to limit the tear-gas firing zone of the drones.
On Tuesday, the farmers had clashed with Haryana Police personnel at two border points between the states, facing tear gas shells and water cannons as they tried to break the barricades blocking their protest march to Delhi.
After a face-off with the police that lasted several hours on Tuesday, farmer leaders called off the protest for the day. They resumed their march from Shambhu border on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Punjab authorities have objected to Haryana's use of drones at the Shambhu border.
Punjab's Patiala Deputy Commissioner (DC) Showkat Ahmed Parray has written to the Ambala Deputy Commissioner, asking him not to send their drone inside Punjab's territory at the Shambhu border near Ambala.
Farmers claimed the unmanned aerial vehicle dropped several tear gas canisters on them when they were standing well inside Punjab territory.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are participating in the 'Delhi Chalo' agitation to put pressure on the central government for their demands, including a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops and loan waivers.
