The State Bank of India (SBI) here on Sunday launched its second edition of annual flagship programme ‘SBI Green Marathon’ to promote sustainability. C Venkat Nageswar, DMD (International Banking Group), SBI and Rajesh Kumar, CGM, Bhopal Circle, SBI, flagged off the event that witnessed nearly 3000 enthusiastic runners in Bhopal.
Indian Wicketkeeper batsman Naman Ojha and Subedar Gurpreet Singh, Indian sports shooter and Arjuna Award winner also graced the event. The Sunday morning in the Tatya Tope Stadium observed participants from across the city running 5, 10, 21 Kms marathon, pledging for a greener future.
Senior officials of the bank also contributed to the ‘Run for Green’ theme and ran the marathon along with other participants. All the runners were given organic t-shirts to promote clean and green city and their bibs consisted of seeds for tree plantation post Marathon.
SBI in the next 2 months is also rolling out its green marathon in Chennai, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Patna and Jaipur with seven marathon events got concluded in New Delhi Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Trivandrum and Guwahati in the last three months.
SBI General Insurance is the health partner for SBI Green Marathon, whereas SBI Life, SBI Mutual Funds and SBI Card are also significantly contributing to this zero waste event.