Union Minister Mandaviya completes 3rd day of his 7-day Pad Yatra

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New Delhi : Mansukh Mandaviya,  Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers completed the third day of his 150 km  Pad Yatra on January 18, 2019.  The Yatra began at Mayadhar in  Bhavnagar district of Gujarat early this morning and passing through Pingari, Lakhawada , Anida, Mandavda, and  Bhutiya.

Mandaviya has undertaken a 150 km long Pad Yatra involving 150 Pad Yatris to mark the 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The seven- day yatra began on January 16, 2019, from Gram Daxinamurti Institute, Manar, in the  Talaja Taluk  of Bhavnagar district of Gujarat and will end on January 22, 2019, at Sanosara in Shihor Taluk of the same district. The Pad Yatra has been undertaken to spread Gandhiji’s  message of Basic Education.

Mandaviya and other padyatris joined the local residents for ‘Prabhat Pheri’ and to clean the village. After the cleanliness programme, the Pad Yatra for the third day started from Mayadhar. When this Pad Yatra,  spreading Gandhian thoughts, values and message of basic education, reached Pingri, people of the village welcomed them with a great procession.

The Pad Yatra then proceeded from Pingri to Lakdhwada and from Ladkhwada to Anida. In  Anida, a national award winning author Ram Mori addressed the Fifth Mahavrat Sabha on the topic “Swad-Tyag”. Well known television producers and actors also joined the Yatra on January 18, according to a PIB release.