Fitness ki dose, aadha ghanta roz: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur flags off Fit India Freedom Run 2.0

"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. 

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"When we move from the 75th to 100th year of our Independence, it depends on all of us to see that in what direction do we want to take the country in those 25 years. It is possible only if we stay fit," he said. 

The aim of the movement 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.

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"We will reach out to every household mantra of `Fitness ki dose aadha ghanta roz` to keep Indians fit and to involve in some kind of exercise so that during this activity, we should make it `jan bhagyadaari se jan andolan`," Anurag thakur said.

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Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 flagged off from Gateway of India in Mumbai. 40 NSG (National Security Guard) Commandos are participating in the run in Maharashtra. 

This time Fit India Freedom Runs 2.0 will conclude on October 2, 2021.The key activities of Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 include pledge, rendering of National Anthem, Freedom Run, cultural functions at venues, awareness among Youth Volunteers to participate and also organize similar Freedom Runs in their villages.

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Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 flagged off from Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar. BSF (Border Security Force) jawans are participating in the run in Punjab. 

People can register and upload their run on Fit India portal https://fitindia.gov.in and promote freedom run on their social media channels with #Run4India and #AzadikaAmritMahotsav.

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