The Border Security Force (BSF) is organising a Seema Prahari Marathon on March 27. It is open for both male and female candidates.
The Marathon has been divided into three categories—full marathon, half marathon and a five-km run. These are open for participation male and female candidates in two age groups—above 40 years and and below 40 years.
All these races are open for participation to Indian citizens in addition to the Force personnel. All the races will be held at Amritsar in Punjab and will terminate at integrated check post (ICP) Attari, under Amritsar sector.These races will be held on the Amritsar-Attari road and will terminate at the Attari ICP.
There are cash prizes for all in these categories up to an amount of Rs 50,000 to the winner and down up to the fifth position for both the age groups.
The BSF has also provided a web link for registration of the civilian participants styled as https://evantik.runizen.com/e/seema-prahari-marathon.
Entry for the Force personnel is free of cost and the contact person for the marathon is Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Operations, Punjab Frontier BSF.
BSF Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh has also invited his counterparts in other paramilitary forces like the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for enlisting participation in their ranks in order to make the event successful.