A press conference was held on Thursday in a hotel in Almora regarding the organization of Monsoon Marathon. The speakers said that this competition will be held to keep the youth away from drugs and criminal activities. The winners will be rewarded.
A press conference was held on Thursday by the members of Youth Club Dharanaula. It was said that Monsoon Marathon will be organized for the first time in Almora on 28th July. It will have a race of 14 kilometers for men and women open, seven kilometers for women open and two and a half kilometers for under-14 boys and girls. The first position in 14 kilometers will be rewarded with a sum of rupees 21 thousand and rupees 3100 for 7 kilometers. Apart from this, participants of other positions will also be rewarded. Ashwani Negi, Rajendra Singh Bisht, Manish Pandey, Sunil Manral, Rahul Joshi, Krishna Negi, Varun Kapkoti, Pankaj Bora, Gopal Mer, Neeraj Sanga, Naveen Nainwal, Rajan Chandra Joshi, Bharat Mehra etc. were present in the press conference here.