RG Kar Case: Doctors Call for Historic Relay Torch March Across Kolkata, Check Timing and Route

Kolkata: A day before ending the 42-day-long strike seeking Justice for Abhaya, the doctors have called for a historic Relay Torch March across the West Bengal capital, which will be joined by people from all walks of life. Read to know the route and timings of this march, as protests demanding justice for trainee doctor's rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital continue.

Doctors Call for Relay Torch March Across Kolkata Today

There has been a call for a massive, historic relay torch march across the city of Kolkata today. The march will be a 40-kilometre long journey that will reach Shyambazar from Highland Park. 

It is expected to be attended by doctors, junior doctors, supporters of East Bengal, Mohun Bagan Mahamedan Club, alumni of various colleges and universities, cartoonists, IT workers, scientists, professors, night occupants and civil society of Bengal. The relay torch march will not have any political banners or placards.

Relay Torch March in Kolkata: Timings and Route

Take a look at the complete route of this Relay Torch March and the timings for each location in the march; traffic may remain disrupted at these locations dsue to the protest.

• Highland Park - 4:00 pm
• Mukundpur... Metro cash-carry - 4:30 pm
• Abhishikta - 4:50 pm
• Ruby Mor - 5:00 pm
• VIP Bazar - 5:25 pm
• Science City - 6:00 pm
• Chingrihata/building junction - 6:40 pm
• Alochaya cinema/Rival Fitness more - 8:00 pm
• NRS Medical College - 8:20 pm
• National Medical College (CNMC) - 8:55 pm
• Mallik Bazar - 9:20 pm
• SSKM - 9:55 pm
• Calcutta Medical College - 11:10 pm
• Shyambazar 5 Mathar Mor - 12:00 midnight

To mark the withdrawal of their 10-day dharna near the state health department's headquarters, they will organise the procession from their protest site to the CGO Complex, a distance of around 4 km, demanding a quick wrap-up of investigations. The medics also announced setting up of Abhaya medical camps, in memory of the brutally murdered RG Kar post-graduate trainee doctor, in flood-affected regions of the state from Friday.

"Given the flood situation in West Bengal and the state government agreeing to certain demands of ours, we will be rejoining emergency and essential services partially from Saturday," an agitating doctor said on Thursday after their general body meeting. The protesting doctors said they would not work in the Outpatient Department (OPD) but would partially work in emergency and essential services. "We will wait for a week for the West Bengal government to implement all its promises and if unfulfilled, we will resume 'cease work'," the doctors said.

(Inputs from PTI)