Walkathon kicks off wildlife celebration week in Ranchi

TNN / Oct 2, 2023, 08:29 IST

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Walkathon kicks off wildlife celebration week in Ranchi

Ranchi: Notwithstanding the rain since morning, over a 1,000 people, mostly youngsters, participated in a 10km walkathon in the capital to mark the start of wildlife celebration week on Sunday. The state forest department along with a PSU—Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and social outfit—Citizens Foundation—organised the walkathon, which was flagged off by the state, DGP Ajay Kumar Singh.
The participants comprised cadets from NCC, different educational institutes, representatives from the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) among others.Holding banners and posters aimed towards generating awareness regarding wildlife conservation, the participants began the walk from forest department’s auditorium in Doranda and travelled through Argora, Dibdih, Harmu bypass, Birsa Chowk and back to the starting point.
Smriti Singh, a second-year postgraduate student of Ranchi University, said, “It was a fun-filled event which not raised awareness about wildlife conservation, but also inspired people to stay fit.”
Principal chief conservation of forests Sanjay Srivastava stressed on the importance of wildlife and forest conservation through community participation and partnerships. He said that all through this week different forest divisions will organise various activities to celebrate the wildlife week to sensitise public. Later in the day, the forest department also organised felicitation ceremony to recognise people from different walks of life for their efforts towards ecological conservation.

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