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&quot;I know why these farmers are here&quot; said
Chandrakant Patekar, a 37-year-old office assistant at a corporate firm in
Suyojit complex in Nashik. Thousands of farmers walked by this building on their
way to the ground at Mumbai Naka around 6 p.m. on February 20, when Patekar had
just finished work.

&quot;In the villages, every drop of water counts.
People have to walk kilometres to find some water. In the city, we waste 25-30
litres of water each time we bathe,&quot; Patekar said. He added that he knows
of the distress of farmers because he sees them struggling to pay back the
loans they take from the finance company he works at. &quot;Many of our
customers are farmers. They tell us that there is no water for farming and so they
can&#39;t pay us their instalments.&quot;

As the farmers marched, Patekar (in the blue shirt, pointing, in the photograph on top) and a friend from another finance company took pictures and selfies from the terrace of their office building. Patekar thinks that the present government doesn&#39;t have the will to save the farmers. &quot;They haven’t supported the farmers in four years. How can they do it in four months?&quot; He is glad though that the government has now promised to meet the farmers’ demands.

Future imperfect if promises are undelivered

கோரிக்கைகள் நிறைவேறாவிட்டால் எதிர்காலம் கேள்விக்குறிதான்

প্ৰতিশ্ৰুতি ভংগ কৰা মানেই ভৱিষ্যত অন্ধকাৰ

शब्द पाळला नाही तर भविष्य धोक्यात

প্রতিশ্রুতি ভঙ্গ হলে ভবিষ্যৎ অন্ধকার!

वादे पूरे नहीं हुए तो भविष्य अधूरा है

ଭବିଷ୍ୟତ ଅସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ଯଦି ପ୍ରତିଶ୍ରୁତି ପୂରଣ ନହୁଏ

وعدے پورے نہیں ہوئے تو مستقبل ادھورا ہے

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Future imperfect if promises are undelivered

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