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Amit Shah to flag off ‘Vadnagar to Varanasi’ Seva Sankalp Bike Yatra on Sep 17

Amit Shah to flag off ‘Vadnagar to Varanasi’ Seva Sankalp Bike Yatra on Sep 17

New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ across the country from September 17 to October 17, with a series of service-oriented programmes and public outreach initiatives.
As part of the campaign, the ‘Vadnagar to Varanasi’ and ‘Varanasi to Vadnagar’ Seva Sankalp Bike Yatra will be flagged off simultaneously from both cities on September 17 at 9:30 AM.
From Vadnagar, the yatra will be flagged off by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other senior BJP leaders. In Varanasi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several other leaders will be present for the flag-off.
The bike yatra will pass through 193 districts and around 1,159 villages across 10 states, covering approximately 40,000 kilometres. Around 1,000 young people from across the country are expected to participate in the yatra. The yatra is scheduled to culminate on October 7.
During the journey, participants will undertake various public-service and awareness initiatives focused on cleanliness, de-addiction, TB-free India, plastic-free India and water conservation. As part of the environmental initiative, participants will also take a pledge to nurture 25 trees every day.
The yatra will also include interactions with beneficiaries of government schemes, youth and women associated with women-empowerment initiatives, with the aim of understanding their experiences and strengthening public outreach.
In Gujarat, four zonal sub-yatras began their journey towards Vadnagar from September 13. These sub-yatras, originating from Somnath, Shyamala Ji, Pavagadh and Unai Mataji, are scheduled to reach Vadnagar by September 16.
As part of the initiative, water will be collected from various water sources across Gujarat. The collected water will subsequently be used for Jalabhishek at Hatkeshwar Mahadev Temple in Vadnagar and Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, symbolically connecting the two destinations through the Seva Sankalp Yatra. (ANI)

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