Rambhia raises funds for war widows by running 74 kms on 74th I-Day
   Date :20-Aug-2020

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 Mitesh Rambhiya (L) holding the Tricolour during the marathon run on Independence day. Nurul Hak (in whilte dress), an office bearer of Sainik Seva Sanstha that organises a running event Senathon regularly, cheered Rambhiya cycling along side him with his children and supporters for a while.
 
 
Principal Correspondent :
 
WELL-KNOWN sports enthusiast and marathoner of the city Mitesh Rambhia, under the banner of Adventures and You and support from Saraswati Vidyalaya Alumni Association (SVAA), successfully ran 74 kms on 74th Independence Day to raise funds for the war widows of the country. The fund-raising event saw citizens donating Rs 1,25,000 till the evening of August 15. Rambhia started his run at 4 am on 15th from his school Saraswati Vidyalaya, located at Shankar Nagar.
 
He ran in loops of 8.1 kms from Shankar Nagar Square to Japanese Garden Square. The 49-year-old marathoner and an ultra runner successfully completed 74 kms in under 11 hours. The fund-raising campaign is still open and people can donate till August 20.
 
Donations can be made online through the following link: https://gocrowdera.com/Donate ForWarWidows. Rambhia said doing the 74 kms run single-handedly was not easy. “A lot of planning has gone into making it successful. My team of Adventures and You and SVAA handled all the back end support. My friends supported me by joining me enroute and running for a couple of kilometers. Encouragement by my co-runners played a very important role in achieving the target,” said Rambhia.
 
Rambhia, along with SVAA, has also worked for numerous activities like providing groceries to the needy, distributing food for migrant workers, arranging sponsorship of food for four trains for migrant labourers during COVID-19 pandemic, distributing energy drinks and snacks to police personnel during the lockdown. Earlier, Rambhia had ran from Mumbai to Nagpur in 2017 to create awareness about organ donation. He also organises Central India’s biggest marathon, the Maha Metro Nagpur Marathon and the Pachmarhi Monsoon Marathon every year in addition to being an ambassador for numerous marathons across the country.