Bureau News
Odisha Gotimukti Andolan, a Movement for abolition of Bonded Labor System, is all set to hols the 2nd Bandhan Mukti Samavesh at Puri on August 23 on the occasion of International day for the Remembrabnce of the Slave Trade.
The Liberation Rally shall commence from Puri Railway station at 12 noon for the Collectorate demanding abolition of ongoing practice of trafficking in Barbers resolved by Puri District Administration in the year 2003 and approved by Orissa Chief Minister as told to the Assembly.
Symbolizing the torture the Barber caste people are subjected to under official approval, a human chain with participants having their faces covered with black mask will be dragged through streets to Puri Collectorate by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaiks masker and memorandums for the President and Prime Minister as well as for the State Governor and Chief Minister would be handed over to the District Collector demanding abolition of Government approved illegal trafficking in Barbers, Swati Sucharita, convenor of the Movement, has announced.