Over 20000 participate in Dehradun marathon to raise awareness on drugs abuse
Over 20,000 people from across the country participated in the first of its kind marathon in Dehradun organized by Uttarakhand police on Sunday. The ‘Dehradun Marathon 2016’ had three segments – 2 km, 7 km and 21 km – and saw a massive turnout as people ran to lend their support and to show solidarity in the fight against corruption and drugs. Chief minister Harish Rawat also participated in the 2km segment while singer Jubin Nautiyal kept the spirits up with peppy Bollywood numbers.
The participants braved the chill to assemble early in the morning at the stadium at Police Lines. For the 2km run, people were queueing up at Police Lines and Race Course, while the 7km run passed through Survey Chowk before concluding at Police Lines. The 21km run took participants through Rajpur Road to IPS colony in Kishanpur before culminating at Police Lines.
The social networks were abuzz with photos and talks of the event, accompanied by hashtags #Runagainstdrugs and #Runagainstcorruption, for major part of the day.
The winner for the 21 km open men’s category was S Thapa from Hyderabad and M Chaudhary from Lucknow won the 21 km open women’s category. Both were awarded a cheque of Rs 1 lakh each.
