Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju today launched the largest country-wide run, the Fit India Freedom Run. The event is being organized to mark the 74th Independence Day of India on 15th of August to 151st Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd of October.
The government has decided to encourage participants of the event to run at their own pace – anywhere and at any time of their convenience, keeping in view with the current pandemic situation and social distancing norms. Additionally, they can break-up their runs over several days in this period. The total kilometres clocked can be tracked using a Global Positioning System, GPS watch or manually.
The event is targeted to encourage fitness among the masses while following COVID-19 protocols. This is yet another endeavour to strengthen the Fit India Movement envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and involve the citizens to embrace fitness as a way of life. Individuals and organizations can register for the event on the Fit India website.
The motto of the ‘Freedom Run’ is to encourage fitness and help citizens to get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety and other diseases. In the recent past as well, Fit India has organized numerous big scale events such as Fit India Plog Run and Fit India Cyclothon to take the message of fitness to the masses.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launches the Fit India Freedom Run
