Arushi, in association with Sahayog Pure, organised the ‘10th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2016’ on Sunday. It was the rally where the vehicles were driven by a sighted person and the navigator was a blind person, the route map in Braille was given to them on the spot. The navigators for the rally were from all over Madhya Pradesh.
The rally covered around 30 km distance within the Bhopal Municipal limits. The route of the rally was managed by Event Management Group- Genius. Throughout the route all road safety norms and speed limits were strictly followed as told by the event manager Neeraj Gulati from Genius- a Creative group.
Babulal Gaur, Home Minister MP was present as the chief guest flagged off the first vehicle, as the rally started from DB city Mall. SK Choaudhary, Surendra Mittal and Anand Patidar were also present.
The first three cars were vintage cars and were the point of attraction during the rally. The Rally was supported by MP Tourism, Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare, lIC, Central Bank of India, Mittal Group of Institutes, IGRMS and Aquarius.
The rally moved through clear roads of MP Nagar, Satpura-Vindyachal, Thandi sadak, Shivaji crossing, Nutan College, Bittan Market, Manisha Market, Rohit Nagar, JK Hospital, Kaliasot dam, Manoria Hospital, Akshay hospital, Pranami Mandir, Mata Mandir, Depot chauraha and ended at IGRMS. En route were check points to ensure, no-one drives fast, and all traffic rules are strictly followed.
Competitors finishing with minimum penalty points were declared the winners, as there was one penalty point for each minute delay and 5 penalty points on entering one minute early at the check points.
The prize distribution programme was organised at Vithi Sankul auditorium of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. SK Chaudhary, Director Manav Sangrahalaya, Anand Patidar from Sahaog Pure one, Surendra Mittal from Mittal Group of Institutes were present for giving the prizes to the winners.
There were cash prizes and trophies for first three winners and gifts to all navigators. Total 51 vehicles participated in the rally. The navigators were from 30 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
In the Expert category- the first prize of `8,000 went to driver Mahendra Manwani, whose navigator was Munnalal Kushwaha and second prize of `6,000 to Rajan Deb, whose navigator was Shubham Sen.
In Novice category- the first prize of `8,000 went to driver Aditya Gelani, whose navigator was Premdas Hariyale and the second prize worth `6,000 went to driver Sandeep Mukherjee, whose navigator was Monika Sahu.