Gujarat readies for freedom fighter’s yatra

The yatra will then proceed towards Valsad district where a cultural programme will be held to honour the freedom fighter. In Valsad, District Collector Vatsala Vasudeva said, ‘‘The programme will be held at the RPF Ground where hundreds of residents will converge to pay tributes to the great freedom fighter. The yatra will leave for Navsari district the same night.’’

On entering Surat district from Vaghech village at Bardoli taluka, the yatra will be welcomed by the rural police band which will pay tribute to Shyamji Varma’s mortal remains. Minister of State for Water Resources Narottam Patel, District Collector M.K. Das, senior BJP leaders and freedom fighters of Surat will also pay tributes to the mortal remains of Shyamji Varma and his wife Bhanumati. Then the yatra will enter Surat city from the Unn octroi post where members of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), including Mayor Snehlata Chauhan, Standing Committee Chairman Shanker Chevli and other councillors, will welcome the yatra.

The yatra will pass through Udhana Darwaja and reach Umiyadham at Varaccha area from the main thoroughfare at Chowk Bazaar. District Collector M.K. Das said, ‘‘We have organised various programmes where school children will sing patriotic songs and present a Lok Dairo.’’