VASCO
Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar on Tuesday flagged off one of the biggest batches of around 900 devotees leaving for Tirupati from the Vasco Railway station, as part of the CM Dev Darshan Yatra scheme.
Amonkar along with his wife and Councillor Shraddha Amonkar, Mormugao BJP Mandal President Sanjay Satardekar, Ravindra Bhavan Chairman Jayant Jadhav and others greeted the devotees on the Vasco Railway station and wished them well during their journey.
Later speaking to media persons, Amonkar said such schemes, which promote unity and religious well-being in society, should reach everyone so that they get an opportunity to visit the religious places.
“Around 900 devotees are in this batch and around 90 percent of them have never been to Tirupati before. This train will now leave from Vasco to Margao and the train to Tirupati will be flagged off from Margao by Social Welfare Minister Subhash Faldesai,” said Amonkar.
Amonkar thanked all his Karyakartas who went on a house-to-house campaign to explain the CM Dev Darshan Yatra scheme and its benefits to people.
“We have received applications from around 1,400 devotees who want to go to Shirdi, Vailankanni and Ajmer and we will soon make arrangements to get this batch moving towards other religious places as well within the next 15 days,” said Amonkar.
Municipal Councillor Shraddha Amonkar said many devotees are senior citizens and some are not in a very good financial position, while some need persons to take care of them as senior citizens.
“Our Karyakartas have explained to them that the entire trip is well organised and people will be travelling as a whole big group with food and accommodation. Our Karyakartas have also played a major role by explaining the scheme and even filling their forms, thus building confidence amongst devotees on the CM Dev Darshan Yatra scheme,” said Amonkar.
