Anurag Thakur launches nationwide Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 to celebrate 75 yrs of Independence

New Delhi: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur and Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (MoS) Nisith Pramanik on Friday launched the nationwide programme of Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav which celebrates 75 years on India’s Independence.

While the Union Minister flagged off the Freedom Run from Delhi’s Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium and participated in the Freedom Run at the stadium, the event was also held at 75 other locations across the country, including iconic locations such as the Cellular Jail in Port Blair; Kaza Post in LahaulSpiti; Mumbai’s Gateway of India and the Attari Border in Punjab among many others.

Thakur, administered the Fitness Pledge to make New India a Fit India by participating in Fit India Freedom Run. Sports Minister along with participants sang the RashtraGaan at the launch of Fit India Freedom Run 2.0as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

The event was kicked off by Culture Ministry putting up a Marshall dance performance celebrating the velour of our freedom fighters and followed by the ministers virtually interacting with the members of the armed and paramilitary forces and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) volunteers across the country and appreciating them for not only protecting the country but also encouraging the youth to take up fitness as a regular part of their lives.

Interacting with participants at various iconic locations across the country, the Sports Minister reiterated, “A youthful mind, body and soul is key driver of a healthy and fit India’.Only a ‘Fit India’ will make a ‘Hit India’, he added.

Later, while talking to the mediapersons Thakur said, “We launched the Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 today to celebrate the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and to encourage the youth of the nation to take up fitness.

The run is being organized at 75 iconic locations across the country, who will further take it to 75 villages in nearly 750 districts of the nation and promote the Fitness ki Doze, AadhaGhunta Roz campaign.

With this, we aim to take the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Fitness Movement to every part of the country and make it a mass fitness movement. The Freedom Run will start on August 15th and will go on till October 2nd. With this, we aim to reach more than 7.50 crore youth and citizens across the country.”

Speaking on the occasion Nisith Pramanik thanked all the participants of the event and said that dream of Prime Minister is to make New India a Fit India and this Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 will play a pivotal role in making the dream come true.

Secretary of Department of Sports, Shri Ravi Mittal and Secretary of Department of Youth Affairs Usha Sharma were among those present on the occasion. (UNI)