Sarhad Kargil International Marathon
Lt Gen J S Nain inaugurates Sarhad Kargil International Marathon website
Pune: Army’s Southern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen J S Nain inaugurated the SarhadKargil International Marathon website www.sarhadkargilmarathon.com on Friday.
A statement of the Army issued here said that speaking at the function organisedat the headquarters of Southern Command in Pune, Lt Gen Nain lauded the workdone by Sarhad in the border areas of the country.
He particularly praised the SarhadKargil Marathon initiative and assured allpossible help from the Army for the Sarhad Kargil International Marathon.Lt Gen Nain also assured that a maximum number of Army officers and soldierswould take part in the marathon.
He expressed the confidence that the SarhadKargil International Marathon wouldstrengthen emotional bonds between the Kargil residents and citizens from otherstates in the country.
On the occasion, Lt Gen Nain felicitated Sarhad Founder-President Sanjay Naharwith a special memento.Nahar in his introductory speech recalled that Sarhad was founded at theSouthern Command by Gen V P Malik in 1995 and expressed hope that theSarhad Kargil Marathon would have participants and followers from across theworld.
Marathon Organiser-Member Sanjeev Shah, Kargil Marathon Organiser-MemberShailesh Pagariya, Sarhad Trustee Shailesh Wadekar and top Army officers werepresent on the occasion.
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council CEC Feroz Ahmed Khan, KargilLadakh CEO SantoshSukhadeve, Ladakh Police Chief ADG SatishKhandare, andPimpri Chichwad Commissioner of Police Krishna Prakash attended the functiononline.
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