Protest site at Delhi's border mostly cleared as farmers head back home after a year

Singing, dancing and cheering, farmers on Saturday headed back home from Delhi borders after dismantling their tents and other structures at the end of a year-long sit-in against the Centre's agricultural laws. They were accorded a rousing welcome in the neighbouring states with sweets, garlands and showering of petals from aircraft.

Emotions ran high as the farmers performed prayers and started their "victory march" from Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur protest sites to Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in convoys of tractors, bedecked with colourful flowers and lights and blaring songs of jubilation.

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By Saturday evening, most farmers cleared the Singhu border protest site spread over 5-6 kilometers, leaving behind some tents.

Similarly, at the Ghazipur border, the process of dismantling shelters was in full swing, but one of the protesting farmers said the site will be completely vacated by December 15.

At the Tikri border also, the protest site was almost cleared. A senior police officer from outer district said the process of removal of barricades has started.

People gathered at many places on the Delhi-Karnal-Ambala and Delhi-Hisar national highways as well as other routes, welcoming and honouring the farmers with garlands and sweets.