Students undertake relay march

Students took part in a commemorative march and a cycle rally to begin Amrit Ka Mahotsav, a celebration of the country’s 75th year of Independence. It was on March 12, 1930, that Gandhiji began the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram and at the same time 100 freedom fighters took a march to Vedaranyam from Tiruchi as part of the Salt Satyagraha. The relay march was taken to commemorate the event on Friday. The Salt Satyagraha Memorial near the Central Bus Stand here was decorated with posters and photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Subash Chandra Bose and several other leaders as students of music from the city sang renditions of various patriotic songs. Collector S. Sivarasu, Commissioner of Police J. Loganathan, and Corporation Commissioner S. Sivasubramanian paid floral tributes to the memorial.