Rousing welcome to Biswa Mangal Go Gram Yatra

BIRAMITRAPUR/ROURKELA, Nov 7: Thousands of people were on Saturday night gather here in Orissa’s Sundargarh district to gave a rousing welcome to the 108 days long Biswa Mangal Go Gram Yatra, which entered into the State through Jharkhand’s Semidega. A large crowd welcomed the Yatra at Biramitrapur and in the Steel City.The Yatra passed through Vedabyasa, Panposh, UN Square, Lingaraj Road, Bisara Square, and State House Square and reached at Duling. Members from Gayatari Pariwar, Arya Samaj, Art of Living, Krupalu Maharaj, Divine Society, Teraphantha and several organizations also welcomed the Yatra at various places. The month long Yatra is seeking ban on cow slaughtering and national animal status to cow, more funds for rural India, expedition of village level industries, conversation of forest and several other issues. National secretary of the Yatra committee, Shankar Lalji stressed development of agriculture sector and better facilities for farmers. If we bring smile in the face of farmers, so the country would smile automatically, he said. Bhagaban Dasji Maharaj said that cow shaping the economic backbone of rural poor and the country’s security depends on the existence of cow. The Hindu seer expressed grave concern over the rampant illegal cattel trading and cow slaughtering in the country including Orissa. Yatra committee state vice-president Basant Panda, Rajya Pramukha AS Panigrahi, district coordinator Binod Agarwal were among those present.The main Rath of the Yatra would stay in Orissa for four days from November 7 to 10. It will reach Sambalpur on November 8 Cuttack on 9 and on 10, it will be at Berhampur and on 11, it would leave for Visakhapatnam. The Yatra, which spread the message of 'save cow and save village', had been kicked off will be flagged off on September 28, 2009, on Vijaya Dashami Day at Kurukhetra in Hariyana and will calumniated at Nagpur in 2010 on Makar Sankranti Day," . The Yatra would traverse some 20,000 kilometers, he added. Apart, from the main Yatra, 15,000 smaller Yatra including 150 in Orissa to traverse some 10 lakh kilometers during in 108 days while meetings will be held at 400 places across the country and signature of 50 crore people will be collected and submitted to the President of India seeking complete ban on cow slaughter, he said. A public meeting will be held here at Nayapalli here on November 10, where several senior Hindu saints including Sankaracharay Raghebendra Saraswati and religious preachers would join