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More than 10,000 Nagpurians run for safety at Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017

DCP Ranjan Sharma, Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham and Principal District and Sessions Judge Pushpa V Ganediwala during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


DCP Rakesh Kalasagar and Maanasa Kalasagar with Bharti Rao during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


DCP Deepali Masirkar, Prashant Ugemuge and Senior PI Ashok Bagul during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Police Band performing during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Principal District and Sessions Judge Pushpa V Ganediwala at the Zumba session during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Mitesh Rambhia during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


DCP Ranjan Sharma during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Monica Daswani, Monika Assudani and Dimple Motwani during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Senior PI Ashok Bagul during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


J K Lonkar during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


PI Pawar during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Senior PI Jayesh Bhandarkar with his wife Jyotsana during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Sachin Sharma (Senior Division Operational Manager, South East Central Railways) during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Karan Vajrani, Sumit Bhojwani and Nitesh Kriplani during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Marathon runners at the Zumba session during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Prashant Gujar with Satish and Mamta Sarda during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Provincial Automobile Group carrying placards promoting road safety during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Marathon runners click a selfie with DCP Deepali Masirkar during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Nilesh Khokle, Shridhar Zade, Akash Rathod, Jitendra Nagpure and Mohan Thakre during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Volunteers during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Shripad Burde during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Rohit Jha, Mayur Meshram, Bhaskar Atkare, Sanket Chaudhari, Ranjeet Bhende, Suraj Bhumre and Mukul Belore during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Ramrao Charthad during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Sampada Patil clicks a selfie with Sheetal, Raghav and Sanskruti Salunkhe during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur


Members of Malhar NGO during the first Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 held at Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur

The first ever Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 with the theme ? Let’s Run For Safe Nagpur – was organised today by Nagpur City Police. The marathon which kick started from Shivaji Stadium, Police Headquarters, Katol Road, Nagpur, saw a participation from more than 10,000 Nagpurians. The marathon was organised to create awareness among citizens and also to strengthen the relationship between the police and citizens. The marathon started at 6 am and was flagged off by Principal District and Sessions Judge Pushpa V Ganediwala. Before the marathon started, DCP Deepali Masirkar and Senior PI Ashok Bagul guided the marathon runners with special instructions.
Fitness enthusiasts started running for the categories ? 3kms, 5kms, 10kms and 21kms – at 6 am, 6:30 am (5kms and 10kms) and 7 am respectively. The marathon route was as follows: Police Line Takli ? Seminary Hills ? Futala Lake Ambazari Lake ? Ramnagar ? Ravi Nagar ? Futala Lake ? Vayusena Nagar ? CGO Complex ? Gondwana Club ? Ramgiri Walkers Street ? GPO Square AyakarBhavan ? Seminary Hills ? Police Line Takli.
Along with running for the marathon, many people were seen enjoying a special Zumba session conducted by MD Zumba and Dance Academy. It was quite a fascinating sight to see the Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham, Principal District and Sessions Judge Pushpa V Ganediwala, DCP Ranjan Sharma, DCP Deepali Masirkar, DCP Ravindra Pardesi, Senior PI Ashok Bagul and other police officials on one stage and participating in the Zumba session by shaking a leg together.
While speaking to Nation Next about the – Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 – Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham said, I would like to thank each and every participant at the Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 for their participation and support. We are extremely delighted to see such energy and enthusiasm from the citizens. We were expecting a participation of 5,000 people but with everyones support, more than 10,000 people have participated today. It’s just fantastic.
Informing about the safety arrangements done for the runners at the marathon, Dr K Venkatesham added, “We have arranged six well equipped ambulances with a doctor and his team, energy drinks and drinking water for the marathon runners. Direction boards and road markings have also been placed to inform runners about their route. To manage the citys traffic and take care of runners we placed three policemen at each square.”
Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017 got over by 10:30 am and was followed by a prize and medal distribution ceremony in the presence of the Principal District and Sessions Judge Pushpa V Ganediwala, Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham, DCP Ranjan Sharma, DCP Deepali Masirkar, DCP Ravindra Pardesi and Senior PI Ashok Bagul.
Here’s a glimpse of Nagpur City Police Marathon 2017!
Video shot and edited by: Himanshu Pal
Voice-over: Amar Ashok Jajoo
Pictures by: Himanshu Pal and Suyash Sethiya
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