As part of the campaign to construct the world's tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel known as 'Statue of Unity', the programme 'Run for Unity' on the death anniversary of Sardar Patel on Sunday received enthusiastic support by the people of Odisha.
The 'Run for Unity' marathon organised in Bhubaneswar was flagged off by former Director General of Police Amiya Bhusan Tripathy. The marathon started off from the Forest Park to the lingaraja Temple at 8 am.
BJP leaders KV Singh Deo, Prasanna Mishra, Dilip Mohanty, Samir Mohanty, Umesh Khandelwal, Jaggannath Pradhan, Simantini Jena, Himmat Patel and Mahendra Gupta were among those who participated in the run.
The run was held at over 37 places of the State. People of all age groups from every religion and caste took part in it.
Recently, a delegation from Gujarat headed by Forest and Environment Minister Ganpat Vasava had visited various social organisations and leaders in Odisha and appealed to them to make this programme a big success.