Day 9 of the Kisan Swaraj Yatra – October 11, 2010
Yatra takes a record 17 ½ hours to reach Jabalpur from Bhopal!
A Press Conference, a Public Meeting and impromptu outreach in the city…..
The tougher sides of the yatra start showing signs, the second tyre puncture in a week, followed by wrong (longer) route and the worst-ever roads traveled in yatra or for that matter, anywhere else, for a long past. Calling those bad roads is an understatement as the roads were just missing for most parts. It was a collection of potholes for kilometers on end. Add to these a 3-hour traffic jam in the wilderness from around 1.30 am and you have many Murphy’s Laws proven right! It also appeared that we were given wrong advice about which route to take and therefore, ended up traveling some 60-70 kms extra unnecessarily! More...