Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel flagged-off the third “Slum Yuva Daud” with Union Environment and Science and Technology Minister Dr Harshwardhan, BJP national vice-president Shyam Jaju, national general secretary BJP Anil Jain and Olympic medalist wrestler Sushil Kumar.
The marathon started from Kasturba Gandhi Polytechnic, Pitampura and ended at Pitampura Sports Complex and more than 5,000 youth from Delhi slums participated with zeal and vigour.
While encouraging the participants Goel said, “This is not just any other run but we are running for a better tomorrow, a New India where each youngster is a capable being and sports being one field in which we must grow big and powerful.” Dr Harshwardhan urged the youngsters to plant trees and take care of the environment for their safe and green future. Olympic medalist wrestler Sushil Kumar appreciated the Sports Ministry’s “Slum Daud” initiative and said that such competitions help in tapping the future sports-stars.
Jaju and Jain hailed Goel’s efforts to organise such a marathon on a mass scale. Both encouraged the youngsters to follow the path of “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” to create a “New India” which PM Narendra Modi has dreamt of, a New India where each section gets equal benefits of schemes and policies with these youngsters as the future leaders in their respective fields.
The Slum Yuva Daud is part of the Adopt Slum Campaign initiated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan which aims at highlighting the Government’s pro-people schemes among masses.