00:00Okay, let's turn to my next story. It is finally a curtain call to a dramatic protest, the likes we
00:07haven't seen in some time, on top of a 400-foot-high BSNL tower in Punjab's Patiala district.
00:1443-year-old Gurjeet Singh Khalsa sat protesting there for 560 days, demanding stricter laws against sacrilege of the Guru
00:23Granth Sahib. Finally, after the Punjab government's official notification of the Jagat Jodh Shree Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, it
00:31was time for him to come down. Take a look at this Only in India report.
01:06Specialized equipment including a turntable ladder and a crane lift.
01:12Nearly 45 minutes later, on 24th April morning, Gurjeet Singh Khalsa was back on earth after 560 days.
02:16He stayed on top of the Biesanal Tower for 18 months and 12 days
02:20in a cramped 8 by 10 foot makeshift tarpaulin shelter near the tower's antenna,
02:27using a polythene bag to relieve himself.
02:32Gurjeet Singh Khasa survived in a single daily meal
02:35sent up by supporters via ropes for all these 560 days.
02:42Bureau Report, India Today.
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