This story is from September 16, 2021

Patnaites buckle up for Fit India run on September 17

As part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, an initiative of the Centre to commemorate 75 years of progressive India, the state government would highlight the contributions of freedom fighters, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), said tourism minister, Narayan Prasad, on Wednesday.
Patnaites buckle up for Fit India run on September 17
‘Fit India Freedom Run’ to be held at Eco Park in Patna on September 17
PATNA: As part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, an initiative of the Centre to commemorate 75 years of progressive India, the state government would highlight the contributions of freedom fighters, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), said tourism minister, Narayan Prasad, on Wednesday.
While addressing mediapersons in the state capital, the minister pointed out that the year-long mahotsav would begin with the ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ at Eco Park in Patna on September 17.

“It will be followed by a series of events at Bhitiharwa Ashram in West Champaran from October 1 to 3, highlighting Mahatma Gandhi’s Champaran Satyagraha. A ‘kavi sammelan’ will be organized at Maharaja Harendra Kishore Public Library in Bettiah on October 3 and a cycle rally for schoolstudents and NCC cadets in Saran district on October 11, JP’s birth anniversary,” Narayan added.
People will enjoy a boat ride from Digha Ghat to Deedarganj Ghat in Patna on the auspicious occasion of Chhath Puja. “A heritage walk will also be organised for students from Kundalpur village to the Nalanda ruins in November,” the minister said, adding that an online photography competition would be organized in December.
There will be a kite festival at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in January next year and a photo exhibition in Patna and Bodh Gaya during the Prakash Parv. A nature walk will be organised in Rajgir in February 2022 and a ‘Shraddha Suman’ programme at Rajendra Smriti Sangrahalaya in Patna on the death anniversary of Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. While two more nature walks will be held in Bettiah in March and Kaimur in April, a heritage walk will be organised in Sasaram and Bodh Gaya in March.
The minister pointed out, “Tributes will be paid to our martyrs at a programme at Shaheed Smarak in Patna on March 7 and a photo exhibition organised as part of Sitamarhi Mahotsava in May. June will witness a yoga festival at Bihar School of Yoga in Munger and July a Shravani Mela at three places. In August a photo exhibition will be organised at Rajgir’s Tourist Information Centre.”
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