Hundreds of people will run to save Ganga in Rishikesh on Saturday in Half Marathon to be organised by tourism department in association with a company.
Some well known faces are likely to attend the event to be flagged off in the evening. Half Marathon and spiritual run is an effort to showcase the beauty of Rishikesh and Holy River Ganga to all visiting runners. Simultaneously, there would be focus on creating awareness among the masses for saving the Holy River Ganga. Organisers, including tourism department, Running and living Infotainment and Hotel Ganga Kinare, are confident that the event will draw attention of the people towards the cause of Ganga.
The spiritual run, on May 25- first day, would cover five Km from Astha Path to Triveni Ghat and back. The run will start at 5pm and the participants would run through the Triveni Ghat and the Astha Path when entire city gets ready for the evening aarti. Regional tourism officer Yogendra Kumar Gangwar said, “Our main focus is on creating awareness among the people to save the holy river Ganga. The run will serve our purpose up to some extent since it would create awareness.”