A youthful mind, body and soul is key driver of a healthy and fit India: Anurag Thakur

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | August 13, 2021 IST

New Delhi, August 13: Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur and Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (MoS) NisithPramanik on August 13 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. Talking to the media 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’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, 2021. With this, we aim to reach more than 7.50 crore youth and citizens across the country.”

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