Mansukh Mandaviya undertakes 150 km Padyatra

Mansukh Mandaviya
Question:Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya started 150 km Padyatra regarding which of the following occasion?
(a) 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) 150th Birth Anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of the Above
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
  • Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, and Chemical & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya started 150 km Padyatra on 16th January 2019 to mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
  • The Padyatra began from Gram Daxinamurti Institute, Manar in the Talaja Taluk of Bhavnagar district of Gujarat with tree plantation and explained the relation among Gandhian thoughts and nature.
  • Aim of Padyatra was to spread Gandhian values among peoples so as to promote sustainable development.
  • The seven day Padyatra came to an end at Sanosara, Taluk – Sihar Bhavnagar in Gujarat on 22nd January 2019.

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