BJP district vice-president to walk from Tikamgarh to Orchha from Nov 22 with 10 demands

BJP district vice-president Vikas Yadav will lead a seven-day Vikas Yatra on foot from Tikamgarh to Orchha from November 22 to 28. During the yatra he will seek people's support for 10 demands. A meeting was held on Thursday at the Nazarbagh temple premises, where the outline of the yatra was finalised and responsibilities for arrangements were assigned.

Yadav said the yatra would raise demands related to temples. These include the pran pratishtha of idols of Shri Laxmi Narayan at the Laxmi temple in Orchha and of Shri Radha Krishna at the Kalyan temple. The demands also include installing statues of Maharani Kunwar Ganesh and Maharaja Madhukar Shah.

A demand will also be made for a ropeway from Orchha to Taramai. Another demand will be to paint the whole of Orchha in the colour of a temple, on the lines of Jaipur, so that the town is known as a "cream city".

There are also demands on roads, rail and an airstrip. The yatra will press for the Orchha-Prithvipur-Tikamgarh-Shahgarh national highway to be made four-lane. It will also seek gateways of Jaipuri stone on all entry routes to Orchha and a flyover from Chandrapura to Orchha.

A road with a divider and lighting will also be sought from Orchha to the Jhansi-Khajuraho four-lane road. Other demands are approval for a new rail line to Sagar via Orchha, Prithvipur, Tikamgarh and Shahgarh, and an airstrip at Mohangarh Tiraha in Tikamgarh.

The yatra will begin at 12 noon on November 22 from the Nazarbagh temple in Tikamgarh, in the presence of saints and seers. From there it will pass through the main market and reach Biharipur, where it will halt for the night. It will then reach Digauda on November 23, Bamhori on November 24, Jyora on November 25, Prithvipur on November 26 and Neguwan on November 27.

On the last day, November 28, the yatra will reach the Shri Ram Raja temple in Orchha at 4 pm. A meeting will be held there, after which the yatra will conclude.