For the first time ever since the creation of State, the Uttarakhand Police would organise national level half marathon in the month of the December. On Tuesday, the secretary of the Uttarakhand police sports control board, Additional Director General (ADG) Ashok Kumar held a meeting with top officials of the department in the vigilance headquarters and reviewed the preparation of the event. In the meeting it was decided that runs of two kilometers, seven kilometers and a half marathon of 21 kilometers would be organised during the event. Separate events of male and female would be held in all three categories.
Ashok Kumar said that the half marathon would commence from Police line pass through Aaraghar chowk, EC Road, Rajpur road, Mussoorie diversion, Sai temple and return back to Police lines. The seven kilometer race would meander through the Bannu school and race-course area after starting from Police line and end at the same venue. The two kilometer race would start at Police line and after passing through Bannu School would culminate in the police lines. ADG Kumar said that the event is open for the participants from all the states of the country. He said that the website of the Uttarakhand police is being prepared for the online registration while counters at the offices of SSP, IG Garhwal range and Pavilion ground would be opened for manual entry.
Though the event is slated in month of December, the date is yet to be finalised. Ashok Kumar said that all preparations would be given final touches by end of this week.
The meeting was attended by IG Garhwal Sanjay Gunjyal, SSP Dehradun Sadanand Date, SP Traffic Dhirendra Gunjyal, ASP Tripti Bhatt, Athletics coach Anoop Bisht and others.