Gyalshing, August 21 (IPR): Celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav with the theme 'Fitness Ka Dose Aadha Ghanta Roz', District Administration Centre(DAC), West and Nehru Yuva Kendra, Gyalshing today organised a 'Fit India Freedom Run 2.0' from Kyongsha ground to Gyalshing Bazaar covering the distance of about 2 kilometers.
The event was flagged off by the chief guest of the day Shri. Harinarayan Subedi, Chairman PHE accompanied by Shri. Devendra Sharma, President, Gyalshing Nagar Panchayat, Shri. Shrivashish Banerjee, State Director, NYK(Sikkim), Ms. Nikjay Lamu Bhutia, Deputy Director, Sports(w), Dr. D. K Gurung, Master trainer, NYK(Sikkim), Shri. Muskan Rai, District Youth Officer, South and other officials of the Sports Department.
Addressing the congregation, Shri Banarjee, State Director, NYK informed that Fit India Freedom Run is a Nationwide campaign to encourage fitness and help us all to get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases etc. The concept behind this run is that “It can be run anywhere, anytime or any other physical activity can be done for at least 30 minutes a day. He also said that, to eliminate the threat of CoronaVirus, everyone must take the campaign seriously for a healthy lifestyle. The entire event was executed following all the covid appropriate behaviour strictly.
Deputy Director, Sports expressed her gratitude towards the team for organising such an event at the district level. She emphasised on the involvement of maximum youths in sports and fitness to combat the social issues with drugs and other malpractices which is hampering the mental and physical health enormously.
Earlier, the pledge of fit India campaign was administered to all the 85 participants and the guests present