A march to highlight land struggles in India

Beginning October 2, activists will cover 75,000 km in a year

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29 Sep 2011, 1:21 pm

Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, this year is going to witness a new movement. Activists belonging to a non-profit, Ekta Parishad, will undertake a Jan Satyagraha Samwad Yatra to highlight the ongoing land and livelihood struggles across the country.

The Jan Satyagraha Samwad Yatra will highlight the ongoing land and livelihood struggles across the country
The yatra will start from Kanyakumari and reach out to cover various grass-root level struggles to lend them support
The yatra plans to cover a distance of 75,000 km, spread across 339 districts and 24 states in 358 days
Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh will flag off the Jan Satyagraha Samwad Yatra from Vivekanand Smarak

Jairam to flag off the yatra
Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh will flag off the Jan Satyagraha Samwad Yatra from Vivekanand Smarak on October 1, though the yatra will officially start on October 2. Sources in the ministry of rural development said that minister will also attend the inaugural seminar organised by Ekta Parishad to be held on October 1. The minister is trying to convene a meeting of National Council for Land Reforms soon. “Some of the reforms that NGOs are demanding are important. I am writing to the prime minister explaining need for reforms like control of benami transactions and constitution of land tribunals,” the minister was quoted in media.

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