Kiren Rijiju urges citizens to ‘plog run’ on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary

As India gears up to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, sports minister Kiren Rijiju has urged the nation to join the Fit India Plog Run in a unique initiative. The 'Fit India Plog Run' initiative is being held to pay tribute to the father of the nation on his birth anniversary as the day also marks Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas. 'Plogging' involves picking up plastic and other waste materials from the surroundings while jogging. The activity, therefore, has a two-pronged effect of 'Swasth and Swachhta', or staying fit while keeping the country clean. 

Please join #PloggingRun on 2nd Oct Gandhi Jayanti. We can collect any litter on the route while jogging. The trash collecting activity while jogging will make India more CLEAN & FIT. Let us make the #FitIndiaMovement launched by PM @narendramodi ji a people's movement. pic.twitter.com/ELjHWIM5dR

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) September 24, 2019

A total of 1200 Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country, CBSE-affiliated schools, industry bodies such as FICCI, CII, PhD Chambers and Assocham, 2500 RWAs in Delhi and NCR are working together to organize the Fit India Plog Run across the nation on October 2. The Fit India Plog Run will be held in at least 1500 locations across the country and the overall number is likely to increase.