HP Health Minister flags off ‘Freedom Run’ in Solan

Solan, Aug 28 : Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Dr. Rajeev Sehjal kicked off ‘Freedom Run’, jointly organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra Solan and the District administration to promote the idea and importance of fitness, at Children Park on Saturday.

The run was initiated under the Fit India campaign of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The event started with the National Anthem. Dr. Sehjal and chief guest of the event, made the 225 participants take a fitness oath under the fit India movement.

Emphasising the significance of fitness and physical health, the minister said that after spending a majority of the last year and a half in lockdown and quarantine, it was important for people to work on their physical health, and such initiatives to keep oneself fit and fine.

Speaking on the occasion, Ira Prabhat, Dy Director, threw the light about how Nehru Yuva Kendra has been organizing such runs in more than 75 villages already, with this one being the district level run. She further added that such events are being organized throughout the country by Nehru Yuva Kendra on the 75th Independence Day under the banner “Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.”

Deputy Commissioner Kritika Kulhari, applauded the participants who gathered in huge numbers and emphasized how this run is only the beginning of bigger and more marathons throughout the district. She also encouraged all the sports enthusiasts to reach out in more numbers and make the coming marathons as successful as this run.
The event was then flagged off by the Chief guest Dr. Rajiv Sehjal where the participants were supposed to complete the 7km run from Children Park to Chambaghat and back again to the park. It was a heartwarming sight to see people of all age groups in the “Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” T-shirts giving their best and creating awareness about the importance of physical fitness.
To support the participants, the event also had dignitaries like Rashim Sood, Vice President Himachal Tourism, SP Solan, Virender Sharma, ADC Jafar Iqbal, SDM Ajay Kumar Yadav, Vyapaar Mandal Chairman Mukesh Gupta, Chairman Baghat Bank Pawan Gupta, Shailender Gupta among others.

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