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SAARC tour by disabled for world peace

    Siliguri: With the message of global peace and harmony, a group of specially-abled people have set out on a tour across the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. The SAARC is an economic and political organization of eight countries in Southern Asia. There are six volunteers including four on wheel chair. They got their pass for the world tour from the Nepal Ministry of foreign affairs. They started off from Kathmandu and will pass through India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and even Afghanistan if possible. Santosh Yadab, a physically disabled member in the group feels, that there should be peace everywhere. "Presently the world is caught in vortex of violence. We are on a peace walk. We want to make an appeal to the people around us to stop harming each other. Our sole purpose of this walk is that we want there to be peace everywhere," Yadab added. The World Peace tour will conclude in 3 years and 9 months.
-July 18, 2009

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