The country's first-ever ‘Nyay Yatra’ (March for Justice) will be flagged off from Rajghat, New Delhi on January 30. The Yatra will cover 22 States on two routes — one from Kashmir to Kanya Kumari and the other from Kutch to Kolkata.
Rest of the States including those belonging to north eastern region will be covered in the second phase. The yatra will cover 1,400 km within a period of 35 days before culminating in Jantar Mantar on March 4.
According to State convener the yatra Baidyanath Mishra, the yatra which enters Odisha from West Bengal on February 18 will commence from Balswar and cover Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Angul, Rourkela, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Bargarh before proceeding to Raigarh (Chattisgarh).
The route chart was finalized on December 26-27 last in Gurgaon at a special convention in the presence of 20 State conveners including Odisha’s Mishra and Sunil Mishra who represented the Bolangir Soceity for Fast Justice. The two- day session was chaired by Bhagwanji Raiyani, chairman, Forum for Fast Justice, Mumbai. The Nyay Yatra concept was initiated by Raiyani six months back engaging 78 registered societies spread across the country in serious deliberations on different contours of the March.
"Run for Justice" by school children, distribution of leaflets carrying messages about the urgent need for judicial reforms, press meets, street plays, audio and video messages, colour of the flags and banners, dress code et al were discussed and finalised during the two-day session.
Praveen Patel, national convener, Forum for Fast Justice and Raj Kachroo, president of Society for Fast Justice, Gurgaun facilitated the discussion. Around 35 delegates coming from various corners of the country participated.