Car Rally to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

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New Delhi : The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways will organise a Motor Rally to commemorate 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. The rally will travel through places historically associated with Gandhiji, both in India, as well as in Bangladesh and Myanmar. It will simultaneously take up advocacy on Road Safety concerns. This is part of the year long celebrations to commemorate the 150th year of Mahatma Gandhi in India and across the globe initiated by Government of India on October 2, 2018.

The Car Rally will commence on February 4, 2019, from Rajghat in Delhi which will also mark the launch of National Road Safety Week. The Rally will pass through Sabarmati, Porbandar, Dandi, Yerwada, Sewagram, Jabalpur, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Chauri Chaura, Champaran, Shantiniketan, and Kolkata in India before travelling to Dhaka in Bangladesh. It will conclude at Yangon in Myanmar on February 24, 2019. The motor rally will cover around 7,250 km to reach Yangon.

One of the highlights of the rally would be the crossing of the Gulf of Khambat by Ro-Ro vessels. The event is supported by the Ministries of External Affairs, Culture, etc. Receptions and Flagging off Ceremony and people to people interaction events will be held at various places in different states through which the rally will pass, according to a PIB release.

The aim of the event is to spread the great values of Mahatma Gandhi throughout its route. It will be a ‘Drive for Peace’ while remembering the great son of India in Bangladesh and Myanmar. It will also promote the message of safe driving on roads.