Assam: FIt India Movement ceremonially launched in Hailakandi 

Along with the rest of the country, Fit India Movement was observed in south Assam’s Hailakandi district Thursday.

At a programme organised by the district administration in association with District Sports Officer and District Information and Public Relations Officer at Deputy Commissioner’s conference hall, Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli administered the pledge to sports persons, sports enthusiasts and school students to remain physically fit and active in order to contribute to nation building. Jalli said that through sports one can build a healthy nation.

The campaign is aimed at encouraging people to include physical activity and sports in their everyday lives.

A giant screen was put up to watch live Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address on the launching of Fit India Movement in New Delhi.

The event was organised in several schools across the district where students took the pledge on the occasion.

Inspector of Schools, Rajiv Kumar Jha urged the students to take to sports and games in a big way to remain physically fit and healthy and to turn it into a mass movement at a programme held at Graham MV School.

Students watched with rapt attention to Prime Minister’s address before taking the pledge.