To mark the International Day for the Girl Child on Sunday, a 10-kilometer marathon ‘X-Athon’ was organised here by the Xpressions steering committee of the XIMB, XsteC.
The marathon, which was held for the second consecutive year, received more than1,400 registrations from people aged between 12 and 60 years. The participants run from the XIMB to Patia Square and returned to the starting point.
With theme on ‘Save the girl child- You run, the girl child wins’, the drive made the public sensitized about the importance of a girl child and staying healthy.
SBI life Insurance Regional Director Anil Bhatt joined the event as chief guest and awarded prizes to all winners. The first and second position holders in general category received cash awards of `35,000, `20,000, respectively. Yamini Kothari, a student of the XIMB emerged winner in the female category and received cash reward of `20,000.
Besides, `75, 000 collected as charity during the registrations was donated to the Child Rights and You Foundation.