Joining in the race to become one of the smart cities in India, Dehradun citizens came out for a Walkathon, which was organised jointly by Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) and Food and Entertainment City, Dehradun, here in Derhadun on Saturday.
The walk covered a distance of three kilometer starting from the Food and Entertainment City, Dehradun, to Kanak Chauk to Pacific Hotel via Astley Hall and back. Enthusiastic involvement of Dolly Bindra, a Bollywood celebrity known for her participation in a reality TV series, Bigg Boss Season 4, was a special attraction at the Walkathon.The walk was flagged off by IAS, Vice Chairman, MDDA R Meenakshi Sundaram, CMD GTM, Tushar Kumar and Dolly Bindra.
Sundaram, said, "This walk symbolizes the support that we have drawn from people of Dehradun. Voting for Dehradun Smart city has been going on the MyGov.in portal under the poll section and we are happy at the response so far."
Dolly Bindra left no opportunity to encourage the people to vote for a smart Dehradun. She urged citizens "let us vote for a smart Dehradun." Further, she appreciated the initiative of smart city project by the Government of India and lauded the efforts made by the MDDA and Food & Entertainmnet City for soliciting people's participation.
MDDA has been organising a series of activities to solicit citizens participation and inputs for the Smart City project.
PC Dumka, Secretary MDDA, Sanjeevan Soontha, Bansidhar Tiwari and students of Tula's Institute, DAV College and SGRR Institute were also present among others.