On the second day of the two-day Jal Jagar Maha Utsav organized at the Ravishankar reservoir Gangrel in the district, participants and spectators arrived from Raipur and other districts of the state. During this, tremendous enthusiasm was seen among the people towards the Water Olympics. People who participated in the program thoroughly enjoyed activities like kayaking, swimming, banana ride, free style swimming, flag race, throw row and river crossing.
On this occasion, Sanjay Bachani, Amit Goyal and Rakesh from Raipur praised the community efforts made for water conservation in Dhamtari. He said that water conservation is not only the responsibility of the government, but every person in the society can contribute to it.
The participants expressed concern over issues such as falling groundwater level, felling of trees and soil erosion and stressed the importance of water harvesting structures and plantation to conserve water and environment for the future. Participant Vedant Verma from Bilaspur said that swimming is his hobby and he wants to spread awareness about water conservation by participating in the Water Olympics. He said, “If there is water, there is tomorrow.”
Hundreds of people attended the half marathon of Jal Jagar Mahotsav on Sunday morning and became a part of this huge event organized for water awareness. This half marathon, which started from the mouth of Ravishankar Reservoir Gangrel Dam, was organized in three categories. It includes Gangrel Half Marathon, Endurance Run and Walkathon.
It is worth mentioning that participants in the age group of 18 to 29 years, 30 to 49 years and above 50 years of age took part in the 21.1 km marathon under Gangrel Half Marathon. Similarly, participants in the age group of 15 to 29 years, 30 to 49 years and above 50 years of age took part in the 10 km marathon under Endurance Run. Along with this, people in both men and women categories were seen participating in the 5 km marathon under Walkathon for family entertainment. It is known that this entire event was organized from the gate of Gangrel Dam to Kukrel and before this, people were also seen dancing to various tunes doing Zumba for a healthy body and mind.
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