PANCHKULA: Every year, December 3 is celebrated as International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) across the world. To commemorate the occasion, a Swachh Ability Run 2016, conceived by Major DP Singh (retd), the famous Indian blade marathon runner, is being organised in cities of Chandigarh, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, and NCR along the historic Grand Trunk Road.

This year PwD day will be celebrated with the theme ‘A Run for All and Cleanliness by All’. This cause will be undertaken over a period of 7 days, starting on November 27 at Chandigarh and culminating at New Delhi on December 4 covering 7 cities, spreading the message of ‘Inclusion and Swachh Bharat’.

Major DP Singh, a veteran of the Kargil war, is an amputee himself and runs an organisation of amputees, called ‘The Challenging Ones’, in which he has already transformed lives of many amputees through sports.

 

 

‘Swachh Ability Run’ to cover eight cities

Chandigarh, November 21

To commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a war-disabled marathon blade runner, Maj DP Singh, is organising “Swachh Ability Run – 2016” across eight cities. The programme will enable people with disabilities to challenge their physical capacities through a run and participate in a cleanliness drive thereafter.The event will start from Chandigarh on November 27 and will be held on subsequent days at Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat and Noida before culminating in Delhi on December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The run is open to all people for participation. — TNS