Large number of people participating in the Namma Police Run 2025 in Hubballi on Sunday.
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The Police Department organised Namma Police Run (marathons) in all district headquarter towns on Sunday with the themes: Say No To Drugs and Traffic Awareness for Safe Driving.
A large number of people, young and old, men and women, participated in the runs. Special runs were held for children and senior citizens, at some places.
In Hubballi-Dharwad, Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J. flagged off the event.
She urged the youth to join hands and cooperate with the police and the district administration to make the twin cities crime-free and ensure accident-free traffic movement.
The Police Department and the district administration are continuously creating awareness against drugs and violating traffic rules. This is one of the several events planned, she said.
She described the event as a joint effort by the police and citizens to make Dharwad district, including the twin cities, drug and crime-free.
“However, our purpose will not be achieved by organising such events just for a day. It will be meaningful when it is implemented individually and socially, every day,” she said.
Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar said that the Police Department is organising programmes to make the twin cities peaceful, beautiful and crime-free.
This is among the outreach programmes to send out a message of a people-friendly police that works with public participation.
Everyone needs physical and mental fitness and not just the police, he said.
Superintendent of Police Gopal Bykod said that 500 people die in road accidents every year in Dharwad district, including the twin cities.
Accident-related deaths in the country number around 1.50 lakh. Most of the cases are due to drunk driving, speeding and negligent driving. They should be avoided. Two-wheeler riders should wear helmets and four-wheeler users should use seat belts, he said.
People participating in the marathon organised by the police in Belagavi on Sunday on the theme: Say No To Drugs.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
In Belagavi, Inspector-General of Police Chetan Singh Rathore and Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang flagged off the run.
Superintendent of Police Bheemashankar S. Guled and others were present.
Police personnel, college students, marathoners, fitness enthusiasts and others participated. The run began and ended at the CP.Ed College Grounds after passing through the main streets of the city.
In Vijayapura, Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi, Additional Superintendents of Police Shankar Marihal and Ramanagouda Hatti, Deputy Superintendent of Police Basavaraj Yaligar and others were present during the inauguration.
In Karwar, hundreds gathered for the run in the morning. Officers and personnel from the police and other departments, college and school students, NGO members and others participated.
Published – March 09, 2025 09:12 pm IST