60 Years Amarjit Singh attempting Kolkata to Vaishno Devi on Foot!!

Young at 60

Amarjit Singh with Rajesh Shaw

When everybody thinking about retirement, pension and pilgrimage, Amarjit Singh at the age of 60 planning for a trip to Vaishno Devi from Kolkata on foot! This is his forth endeavour, he has already done three expedition on his bi-cycle, first in 1999 from Kolkata to Delhi which took 14 days second to Amritsar and back which took 16 days one side and total 32 days and in October 2012 he went to Vaishno Devi and this time also his planning was to back Kolkata on his bi-cycle but he had to terminate his expedition midway due to sudden demise of his younger son Surendra Singh.

Amarjit Singh always start his expedition on 28th October and reason behind it, is very interesting "Actually 28th October is my marriage anniversary so this become my special way to celebrate it"

And this time he is all set to go Vaishno Devi on his foot. How many kilo Meter you will cover each day? I asked “I will cover about 30 to 40 Kilo Meter every day and total distance of 1800 Kilo Meter in about 2 months".

Amarjit Singh do practice of cycling and other physical activities about 2 Hour every day. By profession a carpenter Amarjit is very passionate about his hobby and his family which is consist of wife Baljit Kour and elder son Harinder Singh also support him. Although he is very excited and passionate about his Paidal yaatra but he is also bothering about the expenses which is going to require as his income is very limited so he is approaching various organisation and people to help him financially so he can do it without any hitches. All expenses of previous expedition was borne by him but due to rising price and inflation it become very difficult to manage this time says Amarjit.

So this time also you start on 28th October? I asked. No, actually I am planning to start on 15th August this time, if everything goes well if I could arrange money or sponsor. otherwise........??

Amarjit Singh want to do something exceptional for his country and Sikh community so people will appreciate him & his country and Sikh Community.

Did he faced any problem and any accident during his last 3 journey he said, No but after so much coaxing he said, yes once when I was going to Delhi while passing thru a village in Bihar I was looking at a sign board and trying to read it suddenly I fall in a big pot hole and front wheel of my cycle got damaged and I also got some scratches but these are the part of it.

Amarjit Singh is eldest among his sibling which is consist of 1 brother and six sisters. In his initial days he tried his hand in all sort of job starting from sales job to peon job but no job has given him satisfaction. Now he is still looking for some job which might interest him and also it help him to meet his expenses for this sort of activities. But at this age nobody is actually interested to hire him.

If you want to help Amarjit Singh financially or sponsor him please write to us at ioexploration@gmail.com or you can also send your contribution thru cheque or DD favoring "Amarjit Singh" to below given address. *(minimum contribution Rs500/)

Rajesh Shaw

The Institute of Exploration

41 Creek Row, Near Moulali,

Kolkata, West Bengal PIN 700014

India.

you can also send contribution thru 

 paypal mail id # shawraj@rediffmail.com