Congress’s 12-day long Jal Adhikar Yatra to cover 1267 km in 8 drought-hit districts

By our correspondent, Ahmedabad, 5 April 2013

Gujarat Congress will hold Jal Adhikar Yatra from 10 April from Dwarka in Saurashtra. The yatra will conclude at Ambaji in north Gujarat on 21 April.

Addressing a press conference in Amdavad, Gujarat Congress President Shri Arjun Modhwadia said that during the yatra, Congress party will oppose state government’s draconian irrigation water law and will raise the issues related to local water problems.

Leader of opposition Shankersinh Vaghela said that as an opposition party, Congress party has right to fight for the people. He said the state government misused its majority in house whenever Congress party tried to take up the issue of water in the assembly in recently concluded budget session.

Speaking at the press conference, former Gujarat Congress President Siddharth Patel said that Jal Adhikar yatra will cover 1267 km route covering 8 districts that are facing serious water problem. He said that 40 public rallies are planned during the yatra.

Addressing the press, former leader of opposition Shaktisinh Gohil said that the state government is snatching away the right of the people over water.