Sports Minister Launches 'Fit India Freedom Run 2.0' In 10 Iconic sites Across The Country

New Delhi: ‘FITNESS KI DOSE AADHA GHANTA ROZ’- Include physical activity of at least thirty minutes daily in your life. This is the' mantra' of the Nationwide program of ‘Fit India Freedom Runs 2.0’ as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. This Run was flagged off by the Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Friday morning from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi and nine other iconic locations across the country. Minister of State, Youth Affairs and Sports, Nisith Pramanik also graced the event. This Run will conclude on October 2, 2021.

 The aim of the campaign is to encourage people to take up fitness activities such as running and sports in their daily lives and get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases, etc. Through this campaign, citizens will be given a call to make a resolve to include physical activity of at least 30 minutes daily in their lives

Along with Delhi Fit India Freedom Runs 2.0, the program is organized in Nine other iconic locations across the country, that include Chandrashekhar Azad Park, Allahabad, UP; The Cellular Jail, Port Blair, A&N Islands; Kaza post, Distt. Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh; Gateway of India, Mumbai; Chitralekha Udyan (Cole Park), Tezpur, Assam; Attari Border; Jhansi Railway Station; Leh and Chennai where Fit India Run events are being organized by CRPF, CISF, ITBP, NSG, SSB, BSF, Railways and NYKS. Anurag Thakur interacted virtually with the participants at these locations.

At the launch of ‘Fit India Freedom Run 2.0’, Anurag Thakur said that on the occasion of 75 years of freedom, let us take a pledge to build a healthy India. Only a healthy India can be a Strong, Atmanirbhar and New India. He urged one and all to come forward and make it a people’s movement and adopt the mantra "FITNESS KI DOSE AADHA GHANTA ROZ".

Each week programs will be held in 75 districts and at 75 villages in each district till 2nd October 2021. Thus, 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.  Events will be organized physically and virtually all across the country by following the COVID-19 protocols. Central Government Ministries, States Governments and other Organizations have been requested to conduct physical/virtual Freedom Run events throughout the campaign till 2nd October 2021. To make the campaign people-driven, efforts are being made to encourage friends, families and peer groups etc to participate in the event in the maximum.

'Fit India Freedom Run' was conceived last year in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic when social distancing became 'new normal lifestyle, so as to keep the imperative need of fitness active even while following the social distancing norms, Fit India Freedom Run was launched on the concept of virtual run i.e. 'it can be run anywhere, anytime! You run a route of your choice, at a time that suits you. Basically, you run your own race and time your own pace'. The first edition of the campaign was organized from 15th August to 2nd October 2020. More than 5 Crore people from Central/State Departments and organizations including Central Armed Forces, NGOs, Private Organizations, Schools, Individuals, Youth Clubs participated and covered around 18 crore km distance.