NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Friday launched a nationwide programme of Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 to celebrate the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav.
Thakur and Minister of State for Sports Nisith Pramanik flagged off Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. “To celebrate the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav, we have launched Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 nationwide. This has been launched at 75 iconic locations today. This campaign will run till October 2. 75 villages from each district of the country will take part in this,” Thakur said.
“In the coming days till October 2, people from each district and each village will participate in this movement. Last time, 5 crore people joined us and this time 7.5 crore people will directly join us. I hope this number will go up as the campaign progresses,” he added. Fit India Freedom Runs will be organized in 744 Districts, 75 villages in each of the 744 Districts and 30,000 Educational Institutions across the country. Through this initiative, more than 7.50 Crore youth and citizens will be reached to take part in the run. ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ is a series of events to be organised by the Government of India to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence.
In March this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Ashram. He said that the launch of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ 75 weeks before 15 August 2022 will continue till August 15, 2023.
Thakur said as the country moves from 75th to 100th year of independence, it all depends on the citizens on where they want to take India in the next 25 years.
