NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEPT 17
A 900-km-long cycle rally of specially-abled CRPF personnel was flagged off from Gujarat on Thursday, officials said.
पूरी बहादुरी से देश की रक्षा करते हुए दिव्यांग हुए @crpfindia के योद्धा 17 सितम्बर से 2 अक्टूबर तक साबरमती से राजघाट तक की साइकिल यात्रा कर रहे हैं, जिसका शुभारंभ करने का सौभाग्य मुझे प्राप्त हुआ। हर चुनौती को बौना करने का सीआरपीएफ दिव्यांगों का हौसला प्रेरणादायक है। pic.twitter.com/zMR1MjcMBE
— Acharya Devvrat (@ADevvrat) September 17, 2020
The rally, which began from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, will culminate on October 2 at Rajghat in Delhi and is aimed to spread the message of ”Fit India”, according to the officials.
On the occasion of PM @narendramodi Ji's Birthday, Divyang Warriors of @crpfindia started a cycle journey of about 900 km from Sabarmati Ashram, Gujarat. It will conclude on 2 Oct 2020 at Rajghat on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. I wish them good luck. pic.twitter.com/VCF97oTh1V
— Office of G. Kishan Reddy (@KishanReddyOfc) September 17, 2020
“Starting on the occasion of the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the rally will conclude on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,” an official said. “It will cover a distance of about 900 km in 16 days and will pass through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Haryana before reaching Delhi.”
The cycle rally is being undertaken by those specially-abled Central Reserve Police Force personnel who lost their limbs in the line of duty and have been given prosthetics. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat flagged off the rally through a virtual medium in the presence of CRPF Director General A P Maheshwari, the official said.
The rally will move during the day and make halts at night, and an ambulance with a medical team will follow the rally to render medical assistance to the team, he said.
