<p>Taking down their tents and breaking into dance atop their tractors, protesting farmers on Saturday began their 'ghar wapsi' vacating the protest sites on the Delhi border as their nearly 15-month long opposition farm laws formally ended.<br /><br />Politics also played along. In the poll-bound Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi shared a photo on social media saying he has distributed the appointment letters and government jobs to the next kin of the farmers, who lost their lives during the protest, in solidarity with their families.<br /><br />"My government stands with them and assures them every possible step for their rights," Channi said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/to-keep-memories-alive-farmers-plan-protest-monuments-in-villages-1059466.html" target="_blank">To keep memories 'alive', farmers plan 'protest monuments' in villages</a></strong><br /><br />Farmers began vacating the Singhu border early morning, many others stayed to clean the protest sites. At the Tikri border, farmers prayed with folded hands before starting their "Fateh March" (victory procession). Singer Jass also joined the Fateh March of farmers.<br /><br />Farmers held a blood donation camp on Bastara toll plaza, seeking to mark the end of the protest on a positive note. The massive back home movement slowed traffic at a number of roads and arteries from Delhi borders to Haryana, Punjab and Western UP.<br /><br />Kisan Ekta Morcha shared a photo of women kneading the floor on a farmer track under the caption "<em>Ye saara masala roti ka</em> (all this issue relates to livelihood)". In another tweet, it posted a picture of female farmers, calling them the biggest strength of the farm agitation.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/as-farmers-head-home-the-poor-worry-about-food-lodging-1059790.html">As farmers head home, the poor worry about food, lodging</a></strong><br /><br />An aircraft showered flower petals on farmers as they reached the Shambhu border (Punjab-Haryana border) from Delhi. Far away in UP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, inaugurating Saryu Nahar National Project to "solve irrigation related problems in Eastern UP and help our hard-working farmers", said the swift work on the Saryu Nahar National Project during the last four years is in line with his government’s commitment to complete long-pending projects and also harness our water resources for the benefit of our farmers and to further ‘Ease of Living.'</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p>Taking down their tents and breaking into dance atop their tractors, protesting farmers on Saturday began their 'ghar wapsi' vacating the protest sites on the Delhi border as their nearly 15-month long opposition farm laws formally ended.<br /><br />Politics also played along. In the poll-bound Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi shared a photo on social media saying he has distributed the appointment letters and government jobs to the next kin of the farmers, who lost their lives during the protest, in solidarity with their families.<br /><br />"My government stands with them and assures them every possible step for their rights," Channi said.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/to-keep-memories-alive-farmers-plan-protest-monuments-in-villages-1059466.html" target="_blank">To keep memories 'alive', farmers plan 'protest monuments' in villages</a></strong><br /><br />Farmers began vacating the Singhu border early morning, many others stayed to clean the protest sites. At the Tikri border, farmers prayed with folded hands before starting their "Fateh March" (victory procession). Singer Jass also joined the Fateh March of farmers.<br /><br />Farmers held a blood donation camp on Bastara toll plaza, seeking to mark the end of the protest on a positive note. The massive back home movement slowed traffic at a number of roads and arteries from Delhi borders to Haryana, Punjab and Western UP.<br /><br />Kisan Ekta Morcha shared a photo of women kneading the floor on a farmer track under the caption "<em>Ye saara masala roti ka</em> (all this issue relates to livelihood)". In another tweet, it posted a picture of female farmers, calling them the biggest strength of the farm agitation.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/as-farmers-head-home-the-poor-worry-about-food-lodging-1059790.html">As farmers head home, the poor worry about food, lodging</a></strong><br /><br />An aircraft showered flower petals on farmers as they reached the Shambhu border (Punjab-Haryana border) from Delhi. Far away in UP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, inaugurating Saryu Nahar National Project to "solve irrigation related problems in Eastern UP and help our hard-working farmers", said the swift work on the Saryu Nahar National Project during the last four years is in line with his government’s commitment to complete long-pending projects and also harness our water resources for the benefit of our farmers and to further ‘Ease of Living.'</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
