Arrangements    Schedule

“International Walk for Peace, Justice and Freedom”
12th March to 7th April 2005.

The “International Walk for Peace, Justice and Freedom” will be flagged off from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad On 12th March 2005.

241 miles, 24 days, a 61 year old did it 75 years ago. ARE YOU UP TO IT? Come walk the GANDHI Walk. Walk for your cause, walk for your belief. Walk to reaffirm your faith in peace and nonviolence.

Participants are encouraged to walk or cycle the entire route till Dandi, 241 miles away on the West Coast of South Gujarat. Camps will be established at the same places where Mahatma Gandhi and his band of marchers halted during the epic march. After walking for 24 days the participants will reach Dandi on the evening of the 5th of April and participate in the finale on the beach of Dandi on 6th April, exactly Seventyfive years after Mahatma Gandhi picked up a fist full of Salt and launched the country wide Salt Satyagraha as a prelude to Civil Disobedience.

Participants will camp at Karadi a tiny hamlet close to Dandi, where Gandhi had stayed after breaking the Salt Law till his arrest. On 7th morning participants will be bussed to Dharasana the site of the raid on the Dharasana Salt Works. It was here that the Non-Violent Satyagrahis were mercilessly beaten by the colonial police, many lost there lives, many more were injured and a wast number were arrested. A Monument to this act of Violent suppression of Non-Violent defience stands at the spot today. From here we come back to Gandhi Smriti station near Dandi, (after his arrest Gandhi was secretly taken to a level corssing, the Frontier Mail train was halted at the gate and Gandhi and his captors were put aboard. Just before Borivali, a suburb of Mumbai, at a level corssing the train was again halted Gandhi was bundled off and put in a waiting car and driven directly to Pune's Yervada Jail and detained.), and board a special train which will bring all to Mumbai.

Descendants of the original marchers will be traced and invited to attend the function where their ancestors will be honoured with commemorative plaques by the dignitaries. A daylong celebration of the 75 anniversary of the Salt Satyagraha will be held on the beach of Dandi.

During the comemorative walk, every evening, the participants will be able to listen to talks on the original Dandi Yatra by Gandhian historians and eminent Gandhian experts, see biographical feature films and documentaries. To acquaint the international participants with Indian culture and entertain them, cultural performances will be arranged, demonstration of Khadi spinning and weaving will also be given. One day the evening portion of the walk will be started later than usal the walk will be conducted at night. Participents will hold lit candles or torches. It will be a torch lit night march. The date will be specified later.

To provide visual effects and a bit of drama, a flight of hot air balloons will follow the participants everyday. Taking off as the walk comences and landing at the afternoon and night halts. The hot air balloons will be used to stream banners bearing messages of world peace and other inspirational quotes on peace and nonviolence.

The camps will also be open to sellers of Khadi, handicraft, village industry and Gandhian literature. Traditional relaxing massage will be provided on payment to those participants who desire such services.

Although all participants will be encouraged to walk the entire route from start to finish. People will be allowed to walk for short spells also. Those who walk the entire route or a minimum of 100 miles will be presented with mementoes specially created for the event, as well as a completion certificate. Others will be given a certificate of participation mentioning the number of miles they walked. Participants will be encouraged to find sponsors who will donate money to the charities or causes nominated by the participants.

Registered participants will have to check in with the organisers two days before the comencement of the International Walk for Peace, Justice and Freedom.

Arrangements:-*

Accommodation*

Tented accommodation will be provided, 10 people will share one tent. Organisers will form groups of ten participants before commencement of the Walk, participants will walk according to groups thus formed, to assist and guide the participants, one guide/facilitator will be assigned to each group of ten participants. Participants are free to form their own groups of ten beforehand, and register as one group. Please bring your own sleeping bag/bedding and personal consumables as well as toiletries. Bathing and toilets will be in a designated area and will be of very elementary facilities in nature. Bathing and toilet facilities will be separate for men and women. Camps will be properly lit and reasonable security will be provided by organisers. Tents and entire camps will be no-smoking zones.

We request participants to carry minimum baggage. One bag and a bedding roll per participant will be transported from camp to camp by the organisers. Transportation of additional luggage will be charged as per weight and numbers. Bags will be checked at the time of handing in and sealed in front of the owner. Participants are requested to ensure that when the bag is handed over the seals are intact. All Electronic items, phones, cameras, laptop computers, PDA’s will have to be carried by participants.

According to our arrangments, participants in the event will have to sleep on sleeping mats spread on the floor of the tents. For those who find it difficult to sleep on the floor, we are trying to arranged for a limited number of cots. Individuals requiring cots will have to pay rental charges for those cots. The rental charges for the cots will be put up shortly.

Registered participants requiring cots are requested to inform us immediately and no later than 2nd March 2005.

Food*

Simple vegetarian Indian food will be provided for breakfast, lunch, tea or coffee in the afternoon and dinner. Participants are free to carry their own food or food supplement but it should be vegetarian. The meaning of vegetarian is no meat, no fish, no poultry, no eggs.

Water*

5 litres of mineral water per day per participant will be provided. Additional water will have to be purchased by participants.

Schedule:-*

Schedule of “The International Walk for Peace, Justice & Freedom” 2005 Commemorating 75 years of the Salt March, 1930 - 2005.
Date/Day	Starting Point	Midday Halt	Night Halt	Miles	Nearest Rail/Airport
12 March Sat.	Sabarmati Ashram	Chandola Talav	Aslali	13	Ahmedabad
13 March Sun.	Aslali	Bareja	Navagam	09	Ahmedabad
14 March Mon.	Navagam	Vasna	Matar	10	Ahmedabad
15 March Tue.	Matar	Dabhan	Nadiad	15	Ahmedabad
16 March Wed.	Nadiad	Boriavi Anand		11	Ahmedabad
17 March Thur.	Rest Day at Anand
18 March Fri.	Anand	Napa	Borsad	11	Vadodara
19 March Sat.	Borsad	Ras	Kankapura	12	Vadodara
20 March Sun.	Kankapura	Mahisagar	Kareli	11	Vadodara
21 March Mon.	Kareli	Gajera	Ankhi	11	Vadodara
22 March Tue.	Ankhi	Jambusar	Amod	12	Vadodara
23 March Wed.	Amod	Buva Samni		12	Vadodara
24 March Thur.	Rest Day at Samni
25 March Fri.	Samni	Tralsa	Derol	10	Vadodara
26 March Sat.	Derol	Bharuch	Ankleshwar	13	Vadodara
27 March Sun.	Ankleshwar	Sanjod	Mangrol	12	Vadodara
28 March Mon.	Mangrol	Rayma	Umrachi	10	Surat
29 March Tue.	Umrachi	Erthan	Bhatgam	10	Surat
30 March Wed.	Bhatgam	Sandhier Delad		10	Surat
31 March Thur.	Rest Day at Delad
01 April Fri.	Delad	Chaprabhata	Surat	11	Surat
02 April Sat.	Surat	Dindoli	Vanz	12	Surat
03 April Sun.	Vanz	Dhaman	Navsari	13	Surat
04 April Mon.	Navsari	Vijalpur	Matwad	09	Surat
05 April Tue.	Matwad	Matwad Dandi		04	Surat
06 April Wed.	Day long concluding ceremony at Dandi. Night at Karadi.
07 April Thur.	Morning go by bus to Dharasana, visit Dharasana Salt Works Raid Memorial. Back to Gandhi Smriti Station. (Place where Gandhi was put on train, after his arrest at Karadi, brought to Mumbai and driven to Pune and jailed in Yervada Prison.) Board special train proceed to Mumbai. Late evening arrive in Mumbai and disperse.
Total Days 27	Total Miles* Walked			241
* For Kilometers X 1.6
This schedule will help those who cannot participate in the entire walk. The place and date wise schedule will help them plan their participation.
This indicates that participants will walk with lit candles in hand during the evening segment of the walk on these days. On these days the evening segments will start an hour later than schedule.

Daily Schedule*