14,000 Km Delhi-To-Geneva Jai Jagat March To Begin On 2 October In Remembrance Of Mahatma Gandhi

The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2 October will witness the start of a unique Delhi-to-Geneva march. The 14,000 km-long march will wind through 10 countries and take one year to complete.

The global march for peace and justice, called Jai Jagat 2020, will urge implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at a meeting with UN agencies in Geneva. The Jai Jagat campaign will focus on four pillars of SDGs -- poverty eradication, social inclusion, climate justice and non-violent resolution of conflicts.

Addressing the media, eminent Gandhian Rajagopal P V said globalisation and its related problems should be seen through the lens of Jai Jagat- "All for the Planet, and the Planet for All".

The march, which will be flagged off on 2 October at Rajghat. It will travel through the country for four months before going out of India.

"This integration of climate mitigation must not be seen as 'carbon alone', for we need to examine the values beneath our actions to re-establish a better relationship with the earth", said Jill Carr-Harris, one of the lead organisers of the march.

Ramesh Sharma, one of the leaders of Ekta Parishad spoke on how the march will go onto Shiraz in Iran and travel for another 245 days to Geneva. Simultaneously, parallel marches from other countries, like Senegal, France, Germany and the UK, will meet this yatra in Geneva.

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