Over 1000 people fromvarious walks of life in undivided Koraput district participated in the ‘Run for Martyrs’ organised by the BSF. Koraput.
It was to honour the supreme sacrifices of the heroes who laid down their lives in war and other anti-insurgency operation of the BSF.
Odisha has remained a challenging battle field for the Border Security Forces (BSF). It has lost many of its brave hearts in bringing back normalcy to the districts worst affected by Maoist violence like Malkangiri and Koraput since its deployment in these two places in 2010.
Apart from combating Naxalism as mandated, BSF is conducting various civic activities like health camp, distribution of essential items to villagers and stationery items to schools. All these activities are carried out to inculcate a sense of faith in the system as well as in BSF, said DIG BSF Koraput A Srinivas.
Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Commandant Kanwar Vishal Singh, Deepak Khandpal, Vikram Sharma, Bhupendra Pratap, Archana Acharya graced as guests.
Gangadhar Nanda, a member of a senior citizen forum said such a race is really needed to inculcate patriotic spirit among the youths and motivate them for sports as well.
Rishita Agarwal, the youngest runner who covered 5 km, said, “I have never thought of participating in such a programme.”
“Running with such a crowd and seeing the officers in uniform has really inspired me.”
Anna, a resident of Germany, said in it was really a nice to be a part of the marathon.