GUWAHATI: The Amrit Kalash Yatra will start in Assam on September 20, 2023, and reach New Delhi on October 28, 2023, 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.
The Amrit Kalash Yatra is part of the Meri Maati Mera Desh programme, which is in sync with the celebrations of Amrit Mohotsav.
Giving details of the Amrit Kalash Yatra today, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “The yatra will start on September 20. On September 19, all the deputy commissioners will organize public meetings regarding the yatra. From September 20 to October 1, every household in every village or ward of the state will give a fistful of soil or a fistful of rice (for those who have no land of their own) to the teams of people formed by the deputy commissioners. On October 2, the teams will bring the collected soil to their respective gaon panchayat offices or the offices of civic bodies. At the GP and civic body offices, the teams will mix the collected soil and send it to the development blocks on October 8 and 15 in 20 kalash (pitchers). The excess soil will be used for any auspicious works in the localities, like foundation stone laying, constructing temples, namghars, etc. The block offices will mix the soil collected from each GP and ward and pack it into two pitchers, leaving excess soil for use in auspicious works at the block level. On October 25, each block office in the state will send two pitchers filled with soil to the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati, where the officials of the State Government will mix the soil and keep it in two sets of pitchers (2X270). On October 27, the State government will send one of the two sets of pitchers (270) to New Delhi by the Rajdhani Express, and on September 28, they will keep the pitchers at Assam House in New Delhi for their use in the Amrit Udyan under construction. The State Government will take the 270 pitchers to be left in Assam to Gohpur on December 22 for use at the proposed Kanaklata Baruah University.
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