KARGIL OCTOBER 02, 2020: As a part of the series of programmes held across the district in connection with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrate and Chief Executive Officer, LAHDC, Kargil Baseer ul Haq Choudhary today flagged off Fit India Movement Run at Indoor Stadium Kargil.
The 2 kilometres run after passing through different locations of Kargil Town culminated at Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Center Bagh e Khomeini Kargil.
Deputy SP Headquarter Kargil Chinba Samstan besides other officers of District and Police Administration besides the athletes of SAI Training Center Kargil participated in the Fit India Movement Run.
The participants of the run highlighted the importance cleanliness and hygiene of surroundings besides exercise and jogging for a happy and healthy life.
Speaking on the occasion the Deputy Commissioner underlined the importance of adopting the principles of Gandhiji and inculcating them in the younger generation to pass them on to the posterity in their true essence so as to bring values and morality.
He urged people to enthusiastically participate in the Fit India Movement initiated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the country so as to realize the ambition of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi towards a clean and fit India.
The DC also said that there is need to adopt continued cleanliness habit to ensure clean environment and healthy life and every individual ought to play his part in this regard.