Bhubaneswar, Aug 6: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University (SOA) officials on Monday welcomed the ‘Ahimsa Rath’ which is carrying Gandhian philosophy of non-violence on wheels.

The officials of the Institute of Medical Sciences(IMS) and SUM Hospital greeted the Ahimsa Rath which arrived the campus in the afternoon. Subsequently, audio-visuals on the non-co-operation movement based on the Ahimsa, adopted and practised by Mahatma Gandhi during the great Indian struggle for freedom were played back before the audience.

Worth mentioning, the  Ahimsa Rath has been rolled out by CM Naveen Patnaik on behalf of  the Odisha government in order to sensitize people on Ahimsa on the occasion of 76 Independence Day of the nation.