The month-long nation-wide ‘rath yatra’ embarked upon by leaders of All-India Primary Teachers’ Federation (AIPTF) on September 5 demanding restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), will enter Chittoor town in the State on September 15.
At a press conference here on Friday, Andhra Pradesh Primary Teachers’ Association (APPTA) general secretary K. Prakasa Rao said the rath yatra will arrive in Chittoor between 11.45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The next destination would be Anantapur where the leaders would stay overnight before moving to Kurnool. From there, the yatra would head towards Telangana via Jogulamba Kshetram, said Mr. Rao.
Informing that rath yatras were flagged off simultaneously from four different destinations, Somnath in Gujarat, Attari border in Amritsar in Punjab, Guwahati in Assam and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Rao said the yatras would culminate in a meeting at Talkatora stadium in Delhi on October 5 that marks International Teachers’ Day.
