Run for Unity this Republic Day

GANGTOK, 13 Jan: A ‘Run for the Unity of the Country’ event is being organized by the Department of Sports & Youth Affairs [SYA], Namchi, in association with District Administrative Centre [Namchi] and Nehru Yuva Kendra [Namchi] on the occasion of Republic Day on 26 January at Namchi.
The decision to organize this event was taken at a meeting held at the Namchi DAC and attended by the officials and representatives from SYA, DAC and NYK on 11 January.
The event will have Men’s Open Half Marathon of 21 kms for the 14-35 age-group and a prize money of Rs. 15,000 for the winner, Rs. 10,000 for the runner-up and a third prize of Rs. 7,000. The Women’s Open, a 15 km race, again for the age-group of 14-35 yrs, has prizes of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 5,000 for first, second and third positions respectively. The final event will be the U-14 boys and girls Cross Country Race with Rs. 5000, Rs. 3000, and Rs. 2000 as first, second and third prizes respectively.
The Sports & Youth Affairs [Namchi] Assistant Director, NK Chettri informs that the main objective of the event is to promote national integration and unity among the people and also to encourage the youth and children towards sports.