To celebrate the passion for environmental sustainability and better living for our future generations, country’s largest bank, State Bank of India is back with its third edition of SBI Green Marathon. Rajendra Kumar, DG (Cyber Cell), Bhopal, Rajesh Kumar, CGM, Bhopal Circle, SBI and first women Mount Everest climber from Madhya Pradesh, Mountaineer Megha Parmar, &Bhawna Dehariya flagged-off the run that witnessed around 4,000 enthusiastic runners.
The Sunday morning in Tatya Tope Stadium, observed participants from the city running 5, 10, 21 Kms marathon, pledging for a greener future.
Senior officials of the bank also participated in the run along with other participants. All the runners were given organic t-shirts to promote clean and green city.
The bibs of 5 kms runners consist of seeds which will be planted post marathon.
The 3rd edition of the 15 cities SBI Green Marathon will travel to Jaipur, Kolkata, Chandigarh Mumbai and New Delhi with 9 marathons got concluded in Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Patna. SBI General Insurance is the health partner for SBI Green Marathon whereas SBI Life and SBI Mutual Funds are also significantly contributing to this zero waste event.