Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Saram flagged off the state’s team of Amrit Kalash Yatra visiting the national capital as part of ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ from Guwahati on early Friday morning.
The Chief Minister arrived at the Guwahati Railway Station at around 5:45 am and flagged off the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express transporting a total of 270 urns filled with soil.
Briefing the media after the flag-off, CM Sarma stated that the Amrit Kalash Yatra has been undertaken as part of ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ under the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Under the campaign, soil is collected in Amrit Kalash from different districts across the country and taken to the national capital.
HCM Dr @himantabiswa visited the Guwahati Railway Station this morning to see off the Assam delegation for the Amrit Kalash Yatra which left for New Delhi.
— Chief Minister Assam (@CMOfficeAssam) October 27, 2023
The delegation will reach New Delhi tomorrow and converge on October 31 in the august presence of Hon'ble PM to dedicate… pic.twitter.com/vpcxC8usFM
Notably, the Amrit Kalash Yatra started in Assam on September 20, this year. As part of the Yatra, soil was collected from households of all villages and municipal wards of Assam and mixed together and put into urns in Guwahati.
The urns are slated to reach New Delhi on Saturday to pay tribute to the martyrs of the struggle for independence of the country. The purpose of the yatra is to remember the martyrs and follow the path shown by them.
According to information, a total of 540 urns were stored at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati. From these, 270 were sent to Delhi today, and an equal number of urns will be taken to Assam’s Gohpur later to be used in the foundation stone laying of the state’s proposed largest university.
The Amrit Kalash Yatra is part of the Meri Maati Mera Desh programme, which is in sync with the celebrations of Amrit Mohotsav.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed people of each state to be a part of the Amrit Kalah Yatra. The soil collected would be used in the establishment of the Amrit Udyan.
