“Namami Devi Narmade” – Seva Yatra completes 100 days today
Bhopal. Like a whiff of cool breeze amidst the burning environmental issues, the “Namami Devi Narmade” – Seva Yatra has drawn the attention of the whole world towards it. The Yatra which started from Amarkantak in Anuppur district on December 11, 2016 celebrated its ‘Shatak Divas’ at the 15th district Sehore today on March 28. The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan took part in the Yatra practically on every third day on an average which is a unique record in itself. Gyani Shri Dilip Singh and Dr. A.S. Bhalla of Gwalior along with 100 Sikh representatives will take part in the Jan-Samvad programme to be held in Nandner in Sehore district today.
The Yatra has so far covered a distance of 2465 kilometers in 99 days. This includes 48 development blocks, 591 villages and 409 gram panchayats. Nearly 16 lakh 88 thousand people took part in 591 Jan-Samvad programmes organized during the Yatra. About 1052 Up-Yatras merged with the main Yatra from nearby areas. So far 74 thousand and 174 Narmada Sevaks have got themselves registered on the website.
Famous Personalities Who Joined The Yatra
Among those famous personalities who have taken part in the Yatra so far include Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Vijay Rupani, Vidhan Sabha Speaker M.P. Dr. Sitasaran Sharma, Avdheshanand Giri Maharaj, Shri Chidanand Swami, Bhaiyyaji Joshi, Environmentalist Shri Rajendra Singh, Sant Sukhdevanand, Sant Vivekji, Sadhvi Pragya Bharati, Swami Kalyandas, Shri Hariharanand Saraswati, Pandit Dev Prabhakar Shastri, Shankaracharya of Bhanpura Peeth Shri Divyanand Teerth, Swami Rambhushan Das, Actor Shri Ashutosh Rana, Sant Shri Balvir Singh Seenchewal, Swami Girishanand, Nobel prize winner Shri Kailash Satyarthi, Sri Sri Ravishankar Maharaj, Rawatpura Sarkar, Union Minister of State Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Archbishop Leo Cornelio, Sant Sudesh Shandilya, Film Producer Shri Prakash Jha, Padmashri Shri Vijaydutt Shridhar, famous singers Shri Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha, Litterateur Shri Rameshchandra Shah, Film actor Shri Govind Namdev, Dr. Vishal Messi, Dr. Arun Joshi, Litterateur Shri Mahesh Shrivastava, Shri Ramesh Chandra Agrawal, Sant Shri Devakinandan Thakur, Swami Pragyanand, Father Maria Stephen, Shri Ompal Singh Nidar, Sri Sri 1008 Ramdas Maharaj, Actor Shri Raja Bundela, Dr. A.K. Merchant, Dr Khwaja Iftequar Ahmed, Shri Premnath Arya, Shri Jose Kalathil, Shri Krishna Dhyananand, Swami Aishwaryanand Saraswati, Swami Nirvikaranand, Padma Bhushan Swami Tejomayanand, Sadhvi Ritambhara, Litterateur Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Dr. Subodh Sharma, well-known singer Shri Anup Jalota, Shri Suresh Khanapurkar, Baba Ramdev, Acharya Lo
