With a message of road safety and better traffic sense, 1,200 runners would participate in Dehradun Half Marathon on April 30.
Addressing newsmen here on Tuesday, the organiser of the event and founder of Thrillzone trust P C Kushwaha said the marathon will be held in three distance categories of 21 KM, 10 KM, and 5KM and are open to all. He informed that the theme of the event is ‘Run for Road Safety’.
“The fourth edition of Dehradun half marathon will be more exciting for the participants and nationally acclaimed marathon athletes are expected to take part in this event. This marathon is being organized to create awareness among Doonites about road safety so this edition is themed as ‘Run for road safety,” he said.
The Director of the Women’s Institute of Technology (DIT) Dehradun, Alaknanda Ashok said that there an urgent need to educate masses about traffic rules. She said that every year large numbers of lives are lost due to accidents.
The Marathon would start from IT Park on Sahastradhara road and meander through many places before culminating at IT Park.