Mangan, October 2: (IPR) Joining the nationwide ‘Fit India Plogging Run’, North District successfully conducted the event today in the morning at several places of the district.

The said Plogging Run is an activity which includes jogging with picking up litter, simultaneously it creates awareness about fitness and cleanliness and would help India make free of single-use plastic.

While at Mangan, Sports and Youth Affairs Department in association with District Administration, North Sikkim organized the said event, where in the District Collector, North, Shri Tenzing T. Kaleon flagged off the ‘Plogging Run’ in the presence of Deputy Director, Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Smt. Janim Lepcha, Municipal Executive Officer, Mangan Nagar Panchayat, Shri Tempo Tashi Bhutia, NDFA representatives, teachers and students.

Similarly, the BACs, Schools and PSUs of the district also conducted the Fit India Plogging Run in their respective premises.