STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Samast Swastik Charitable Trust (SSCT) Parivar informed its members and the Jammuites visiting Haridwar about a significant development: a new 22-seater Eicher air-conditioned bus has been dedicated to serve the needs of yatris traveling from Jammu Yatri Bhawan to the Holy Ganges.
This initiative honors the memory of Shree Shree 1008 Mahant Shri Baldev Dass, thanks to a generous donation from Pawan Kumar Shastri, the Trust’s President, in memory of his late parents, Taroo Devi and Mahant Baldev Dass.
The new bus replaces an older 17-seater vehicle that has been in service since 2006, providing transportation for yatris visiting the sacred site.
A Puja Archana was conducted on this momentous day at Karwanda, the ancestral village of Pawan Shastri, and at the Sankat Mochan Panch Mukhi Shree Hanuman Mandir at Jammu Yatri Bhawan.
The vehicle, aptly named “Mata Pita Ji Ka Rath,” was officially flagged off on Tuesday by D.C Raina, the Advocate General of Jammu & Kashmir. It is equipped with all necessary facilities to ensure a comfortable journey for the yatris. In a further show of generosity, M/S Anand Foam of Gangyal, Jammu, donated a Bolero vehicle to the Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust on the occasion of their late father Sat Pal Anand’s birthday. This vehicle was also sent to Haridwar on the same day.
Others present on the occasion were President Swastik Charitable Trust Pawan Kumar Shastri alongwith all the members of his family, D.C Raina Advocate General Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory, Gurdas Sharma, General Secretary / Treasurer, Raj Kumar Gupta, Trustee, Koshal Kumat, Trustee, N.C Sharma, N.K Gupta, Sukhdev Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Working Committee Members, B.R Sharma, Administrator, Raj Kumar, General Manager, Balbir Singh, Field officer, Rash Pal Sharma, Engineer and all staff members of the Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust, besides, other dignitaries such as Rohit Shastri, Satish Anand, Harinder Gupta, Sachdeva and Bunty.