Narendra Modi flags off Vadodara Marathon
Ahmedabad | Sunday, Nov 22 2009 IST
 

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by world famous Olympian Milkha Singh, popularly known as ''Flying Sikh'', flagged off Vadodara Marathon-2009 this morning at the famous Navlakhi Ground in Vadodara.

The event, which started at 0700 hrs has nearly thirty thousand participants including legendry cricketer Kapil Dev, contemporary cricketers Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, celebrities Paresh Rawal and his wife. As many as 64 foreigners also took part in the marathon this year, which is aimed to raise fund for Vadodara Traffic Education Trust, a voluntary organization assisting city police in traffic management. Equally large number of local people also assembled in the route to witness the Marathon. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, considering the presence of high profile dignitaries and celebrities, has beefed up the security and deployed two thousand policemen across the city to ensure smooth running of Marathon and vehicular traffic.

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