As part of its efforts aimed at raising public awareness on various issues, including health, The Pioneer, Dehradun edition will be organising a ‘Walk For life’ in the State capital on October 21.
In order to encourage healthful habits like walking and raise public awareness on this, The Pioneer in association with Rajbhra Medicare
Private limited is organising the event which will be flagged off by chief guest, State Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi in the presence of Forest and Sports Minister Dinesh Aggarwal and Urban Development Minister Pritam Singh Panwar as guests of honour and MlAs- Harbans Kapoor, Rajkumar, Ganesh Joshi and Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’ as special guests.
Though people of all age groups are free to participate in the event only those
aged 50 years and above will be eligible for the cash awards- Rs10,000, Rs5,000 and Rs3,000 for those coming first, second and third respectively in the walk.
The walk will be flagged off from Gandhi Park with participants walking up to the Clock Tower and then turning back towards the finish line at Gandhi Park.
The co-sponsors for the event are University of Energy and Petroleum Studies, life Insurance Corporation of India, Agriculture Department, Government of Uttarakhand, Canara Bank, HelpAge India and Investcare Publications.
Rajbhra Medicare Private limited, a New Delhi based company, and a pioneer in rural health since 2001, partnered with Government of Uttrakhand through a bidding process and is currently operating 4 Community Health Centers (CHC) in Garwhal region of Uttrakhand.