An ultra marathon runner Samir Singh started a 15,000 km run from Attari-Wagah border to raise funds for the families of jawans who lost their lives fighting at the border, news agency ANI reported on Saturday.
An ultra marathon runner Samir Singh started a 15,000 km run from Attari-Wagah border to raise funds for the families of jawans who lost their lives fighting at the border, news agency ANI reported on Saturday.
Singh and his team of six runners started their Run from JCP Atari to cover 15,663 km through 24 states & 7 UTs spreading the word in 1000 cities & Villages. They are expected to finish their run in April 2017.
Singh is not new to long runs. Also known as the faith runner, the ultramarathoner had completed nearly 10,000 kilometres in 100 days running through Mumbai in the sun and in the monsoon. His run eventually ended, thanks to a gastrointestinal infection and viral fever.
Earlier on Friday, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman formally kickstarted the Armed forces Week (December 1-7) on Friday. She posted a video message in this occasion on social media. She said that 7th December is marked as the Armed Forces Flag Day. She reminded Indians that fund collected on that day is used for welfare and protection of families of war heroes, disabled soldiers.
This year the Army is celebrating this entire week as Armed Forces Week. To mark this occasion, Sitharaman urged all Indians to wear the Armed Forces flag with pride and to contribute for the welfare of the troops.
In the past three years, nearly 200 security personnel have been martyred while protecting India’s borders.
The Defence Ministry has launched a campaign to spread awareness about the valour of armed forces. The objective is to encourage citizens to make financial contributions to the families of war heroes and promote welfare activities. While there will be a big push on social media, events in schools and colleges are also planned starting December 1 and ending on December 7, which also happens to be Armed Forces Flag Day. A sticker of the armed forces flag will be distributed at various public places including educational institutes.
“The main objective of the campaign is to get people to make financial contributions to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFD) which is used for the welfare of disabled ex-servicemen, war widows, and children of martyrs,” officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is his last ‘Mann ki Baat’ addressing the nation on the eve of Mumbai 26/11 attacks anniversary welcomed the idea to instill respect for armed forces as part of a campaign. “I am happy that the Ministry of Defence has decided to run a campaign from December 1 to December 7 during which they will reach out to the people of the country to disseminate information about our armed forces and to make them aware,” he said.
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