Sports Minister Launches Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 to Celebrate 75 Years of Independence

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (MoS) Nisith Parmanik, launched the nationwide programme of Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 on Friday as half of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, which celebrates 75 years on India’s Independence. While the Union Minister flagged off the Freedom Run from Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, the occasion was additionally held at 75 different places throughout the nation, together with iconic places such because the Cellular Jail in Port Blair; Kaza Post in Lahaul Spiti; Mumbai’s Gateway of India and the Attari Border in Punjab amongst many others.

The occasion was kicked off with the members of the Sahitya Kala Academy in Gujarat placing up a dance efficiency celebrating the valour of our freedom fighters and adopted by the ministers nearly interacting with the members of the armed and paramilitary forces and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) volunteers throughout the nation and appreciating them for not solely defending the nation but in addition encouraging the youth to take up health as a daily half of their lives. He added that the Freedom Run occasion may also join the nation with their nationwide heroes who received India its freedom.

Later whereas speaking to the media, Thakur stated, “We launched the Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 as we speak to rejoice the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and to encourage the youth of the nation to take up health. The run is being organized at 75 iconic places throughout the nation, who will additional take it to 75 villages in practically 750 districts of the nation and promote the Fitness ki Doze, Aadha Ghunta Roz marketing campaign. With this, we intention to take the Prime Minister’s Fitness Movement to each half of the nation and make it a mass health motion. The Freedom Run will begin on August fifteenth and can go on until October 2nd, 2021. With this, we intention to attain greater than 7.50 crore youth and residents throughout the nation.”

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