Pradhan flags off special train to Delhi for 'Amrit Kalash Yatra'

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off the ‘Amrit Kalash Yatra’ to New Delhi on Saturday.

Pradhan flagged off a special train at the Bhubaneswar station, in which about 1,600 volunteers with soil collected from 13,250 villages of Odisha will reach the national capital, as part of the ‘Meri Mati, Mera Desh’ programme.

Soil collected from more than 7,000 blocks in 766 districts of the country will be placed at the ‘Amrit Vatika’, a new monument to be built near the National War Memorial in New Delhi, as part of the campaign.