Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Dec 16: Good news for sports lovers, the next Andaman Marathon 2016 will be held on 14th February 2016.
In a press conference held at the conference hall of Hotel Sea Shell this evening Mr Mohd Jadwet, Ex- president, ACCI said that under the banner of ACCI in association with the Administration and Andaman & Nicobar Command the Andaman Marathon 2016 will be held on 14th February 2016 which has become a calendar event.
He said that this is year the celebrity guest is Mandira Bedi a renowned actress, philanthropist, TV actress who might not be running but will join for the cause and as usual the brand ambassador is Mr Rahul Bose, actor, philanthropist who is associated with the islands from the 2004 Tsunami.
“As usual the main sponsor for this event is makemytrip.com and we have a lot of co-sponsors and associate sponsors also,” Mr Jadwet said.
Further addressing the press conference Mr Jadwet said that the total cash money will be awarded in the marathon is Rs 8,60,000/- . “This year Andaman Chamber of Commerce is conducting this marathon in association with Andaman Administration and all its departments like Sports, Youth Affairs, Education department, the Health Department, the Police department plus the Andaman & Nicobar Command, which provide all possible support every year and also provide runners. Our Lt. Governor will flag off the marathon,” Mr Jadwet added.
The first major event is Half Marathon where most of the professional runners will be running the first prize for this half marathon will be Rs 1lakh, 2nd prize will be Rs 50000 and the third prize will be of Rs 30000 and there will be special prize for the islander i.e first prize Rs 50000, 2nd 30000, 3rd 20000.
The second event will be 10K which is the most popular event and not open for the professional runners and there is a special prize for senior categories Male and female i.e 1st prize of Rs 40000, 2nd 20000 and 3rd 15000,” Mr Jadwet further added.
The third major event is “run for fun” where the running will start from Cellular Jail to Netaji Stadium and this event will be “open to all” like anybody old or young can join this event, we are hoping for more and more people for joining this event.
He said that the registration will be closed on 10th February. The forms are available in the stadium as well as in the office of ACCI.
Further addressing the media, the Director of Sports and Youth affairs said that the department will provide all the technical support and monitor the entire run. He said that the department will be providing pilots in the lead and tail of race. He further added that previous year there were cases of dog bites and therefore this year the department had informed the concerned department to avoid this. He also added that the department had also contacted the Transport Department and the Directorate of Shipping Services for providing early travelling arrangements so that people for far flung areas can take part in the event.
Further addressing the conference the ACCI President, Mr Girish Arora requested the media to aware and encourage the people the benefits of running by doing more write-ups so that more and more people may take part in the event.
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