Srinagar, Oct 30 (FN Agency) As a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahaotsav celebration, Fit India, the Jammu and Kashmir Police organised Run “Kashmir Marathon” on Sunday. The people of all walks particularly the students and youth participated in the event. The Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh, who was the Chief Guest at the impressive prize distribution ceremony held at Police Golf Course, distributed cash prizes and trophies among the winners of different events. Speaking on the occasion DGP said that it was a great pleasure to see that JK Police programmes and events have gained such a popularity which are not only witnessing overwhelming participation locally but also from other parts of the county.
“In pedal for peace we had athletes from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and other parts of the country and in this event too, around 40 athletes from different States of the country participated,” he said. He said that around three thousand athletes participated in today’s event which is almost double if compared with last year’s participation of the similar event. He said around 2500 cyclists in different categories participated in the pedal for peace which was organised last month. This year’s event is unique in itself as around 90 para athletes from different parts of the country took part in the event, he added. In his welcome address at the award ceremony, the ADGP Armed SJM Gillani said that JK Police besides its professional duties has been playing an important role in promoting the sports across JK and added that JK police is organzing various sports events every year to provide a platform to the budding youth of the UT.
He informed that JK police has started a process of recruiting 54 sports persons in JK Police as SPOs and in the very near future the process would be completed. In the morning, DIG Armed Kashmir Shahid Mehraj flanked by other senior officers flagged off the run for various categories. In the 21 Kms Half Marathon Men, Goru, Virendra Kumar Verma, Ritik Sharma claimed top three positions and were awarded Rs. 75000, 50000, 30000 respectively. In 21 Kms for professional athletes, Hans Raj, Ravi Das, Balwinder Singh were the top three finishers in the category. In the 10 Kms road race U-18 boys, Arun Chandel, Karan Chandel, Mohammad Hussain got the first three positions and were awarded with Rs. 50000, 40000, 25000 respectively. In the 10 Kms road race for girls above 14, Sara Naqash, Fanja Devi, Zobiya Tariq won first three positions and were awarded with Rs 50000, 40000, 25000 respectively. In 8 Kms for veteran men above 45 years Ram Raj, Shafat Ul Bashir, Rishi Kumar Nagar bagged the first three positions.
In 5 Kms sub junior boy U-14 Faisal Ahmad, Zaid Bin Mushtaq, Abrar Ashraf, Hashim Reyaz, Harsh Singh, Rizwan Hassan, Sahil Sofi, Ashiq Hussain, Farzan Hussain, Ayaan Yaqoob won first ten position. In 4 kms sub junior girls u-14, Nisha Bash, Bazila, Snobar Manzoor, Madiha Javed, Umaisa Jaan, Adeeba Jaan, Rayeesa Zehra, Seerat Jaan, Farha Ahad, Wani Iqra won first ten positions. In 2 Kms for Specially Challenged (Male), Makhan Lal, Usman Tariq, Abid Bashir, Abid Hussain, Soleh Naseer took first five positions. In 2 Kms for Specially Challenged (Female), Syed Qaasirah, Tawheeda, Ulfat, Sadia, Adleena bagged first five positions In 2 Kms run for Fun, Mohd Afnan, Syed Haya Noor, Ghulam Ahmad, Saleema won first four positions.