After receiving huge response from the denizens of State capital, the much awaited fun-filled ‘Raahgiri’ Day programme has been rescheduled for this Sunday and will kick off from 6 am till 8:30 am. The temporary arrangement has been made for the convenience of IIT-JEE aspirants.
“As many as 5000 students will gather in the State capital to take the examination, which is scheduled from 10 AM. looking at the urgency, ‘Raahgiri’ programme has rescheduled only for this Sunday,” informed, RMC Additional Municipal Commissioner, Bidyanand Sharma Pankaj.
Notably, the traffic plans will remain unhindered and will be the same as it was for the other two ‘Raahgiri’ programme. A 2 km stretch of the State capital’s main thoroughfare, from Kutchery till Mission Chowk via Albert Ekka Chowk, will be cleared and traffic personnel will be deputed at all the major zones.
The grand opening of ‘Raahgiri’ Day which witnessed ample crowd on the busiest streets of the state capital on its first day was conducted successfully from 6 AM to 10 AM where people indulged themselves in different physical activities.
Similarly, after the protest from Christian community on the occasion of Easter Sunday, the timing was rescheduled again and was slated from 6 AM to 9 AM. However, due to unavoidable circumstances and obvious reasons, the timing has been rescheduled for this Sunday. Nevertheless, according to RMC official, the timing from 6 AM to 9 AM will be retained from the upcoming Sundays adding more fun and frolic to the activities.
In an attempt to inculcate healthy lifestyle among all, the much appreciated ‘Raahgiri’ Day organised by the joint endeavor of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and Ranchi Traffic Police including few other private partners have planned to expand the concept in the other parts of the city too in the near future.
Mayor, Asha lakra had mentioned earlier about the expansion of the event to other areas and streets. Only for few days the plan is limited to Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Main Road) and if all goes well, concerned authorities will expand it to other major arteries of the city. Based on the feedback from the denizens of the city through the ward councillors, other venues will be selected for ‘Raahgiri’ Day.
To make the event a success in the days to come, authorities are on toe to add more fervour to the entire affair in more planned way to attract and involve more people in this ambitious project.
“We are starting e-rickshaw services to guide and assist people to different gaming zones. We have also appointed ‘Raahgiri’ martial’s to keep a check on different activity zones, segregated for diverse purpose. Those found flouting the set norms will be penalized and have to pay hefty amount Rs. 5000. Numbers of bicycles have been increased and now 20 additional cycles are there. Under the Swacch Bharat project few street walls initiating from Sadar hospital boundary wall will be painted, demonstrating different aesthetic styles,” added Pankaj.