District Special Olympics Association Ludhiana today celebrated the “National health Fest For The Divyangjan – We Care” under 75th Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, here. This event was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Ludhiana Varinder Kumar Sharma. Counsel General of Canada Patrick Hebert also graced the occasion.While speaking on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that around 75000 athletes of special category and equal number of medical professionals from 75 sports centres in 75 cities of country participated in this event.
He said main aim of this event was to motivate the special children to restart sports activities after Covid pandemic.He informed that around 870 special athletes from 19 blocks of district participated in this event, 85 athletes were from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar while 90 from Fatehgarh Sahib.The special athletes also took part in a mini marathon and presented guard of honour to the chief guest. On this occasion, President Surinder Singh Riar, Col Karminder Singh, Amit Thapar, Vinay Budhiraja, Dr Aruna Abhey Oswal, Naresh Aggarwal, Anit Vatish and Partosh Garg were also present.The special guests arranged t-shirts, i-cards, refreshments, water, tricycles and transportation for the special athletes.