300 athletes walk for welfare of para-athletes

Kolkata, Aug 29: More than 300 athletes, children, and students with disabilities walked for the welfare of para-athletes at the Civilian Welfare Foundation's organized event here on Monday.

The walk for Paralympics is organized every year on August 28.

There were participation from more than 30 organisations like Mentaid, Paschimbanga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammilani, Manobikas Kendra, Nivedita Centre for Handicapp Children, Atmavishas, Murlidhar Girls School, Pathabhavan Schools, Ram Krishan Mission Blind Boys Academy and so on.

Paralympians like Saheb Hussain, Gautam Dey, Ujjwal Ghosh, Aloke Mondal, Montu Das came for the walk.

The 2.5 km walk stretched from Golpark to Hazra in South Kolkata.