Patna, Feb. 8: Tirhut divisional commissioner Atul Prasad today met with senior officials from Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, East Champaran and West Champaran - the four districts associated with Gandhi ji's visit to Champaran Satyagraha movement - in Muzaffarpur and charted out the plan for the year-long centenary celebrations which will commence in April.

Champaran Satyagraha dates back to April 1917, when Gandhi ji, after being persuaded by local farmer Rajkumar Shukla, visited Champaran and began his first mass movement to fight the plight of local farmers suffering the Teen-Kathiya system, which compelled them to farm indigo.

Tirhut divisional commissioner told The Telegraph that 100 pillars, with Gandhi ji's words inscribed, will be created for the centenary celebrations.

"We intend to construct the pillars in the districts Gandhi ji visited," said Prasad. Construction will commence only after a final approval from the state government, he added.

The state government also plans to prepare booklets on Gandhi ji's teachings, construct a Gandhi museum in Motihari, auditoriums in the four districts, and a logo-designing competition for residents. The selected logo will be used to spread awareness about the event, along with special badges made for residents to wear year-round.

Razi Ahmed, the founder secretary of Patna's Gandhi Sangrahalaya, praised the efforts being made by the government to celebrate the movement. "Gandhi stood for the cause of the deprived sections of society. The government should launch a special drive to weed out middlemen who grab a large chunk of benefits meant for the poor. This will help deliver benefits to the needy and would be a true tribute to the father of the nation."