This Gandhi Jayanti India is all set to achieve the goal of swacch India with swasth India. The plog run is back in India and this time it will happen on a vast scale. Sweden was the first country to initiate the plogging. ‘Plocka up’ is a Swedish word which means pick up. Plocka up with jogging gave birth to plogging where the joggers collect plastic wastes in their trash bag while jogging. So jogging will make your heart swasth (healthy) and picking up plastic scraps will make your surrounding swacch (clean); and a clean environment free of plastic debris is very important to lead a healthy life. 
Last year Bangaluru based NGO, United Way India, hosted plog run in Bangalore and it was a big hit. We set a new Guinness world record of collecting highest amount of plastic waste in a single day. This year the India Plog Run will be organized in 50 cities. Over 2.5 lackhs citizens from almost 500 localities will clean up an area of about 7.5 lacs kms.
Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of our daily life. But this plastic is one of the major pollutants of the environment that is not only hazardous to our health but also adversely affects the other wild life habitats of the earth. Most of the plastic products which even when crushed and thrown away end up as perilous waste, that taint our land and oceans. United Way India and Go native has organized this program to create awareness among people about the deadly effects of plastic waste and to also to make citizens realize that it is our responsibility to keep our society clean.
Registration fee- Rs 499 ( one entry ticket plus plogging kit)
Date - 2nd October 2019 at 7:00 AM.
You have to check in at you selected venue 15 minutes earlier to collect your plogging kit. After warm up and briefing the marathon will start from 7:30 am. It will be a one and half hour plogging and will end at 9:00 am. Children below 13 years will not be registered as ploggers and will not get their plogging kit. Plogging involves jogging and bending. So people suffering from knee or back pain or any other health issues are advised not to participate.
So joggers, tighten your shoe lace and get ready to enjoy this jogging cum cleaning event.
Last year Bangaluru based NGO, United Way India, hosted plog run in Bangalore and it was a big hit. We set a new Guinness world record of collecting highest amount of plastic waste in a single day. This year the India Plog Run will be organized in 50 cities. Over 2.5 lackhs citizens from almost 500 localities will clean up an area of about 7.5 lacs kms.Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of our daily life. But this plastic is one of the major pollutants of the environment that is not only hazardous to our health but also adversely affects the other wild life habitats of the earth. Most of the plastic products which even when crushed and thrown away end up as perilous waste, that taint our land and oceans. United Way India and Go native has organized this program to create awareness among people about the deadly effects of plastic waste and to also to make citizens realize that it is our responsibility to keep our society clean.
Registration fee- Rs 499 ( one entry ticket plus plogging kit)Date - 2nd October 2019 at 7:00 AM.
You have to check in at you selected venue 15 minutes earlier to collect your plogging kit. After warm up and briefing the marathon will start from 7:30 am. It will be a one and half hour plogging and will end at 9:00 am. Children below 13 years will not be registered as ploggers and will not get their plogging kit. Plogging involves jogging and bending. So people suffering from knee or back pain or any other health issues are advised not to participate.
So joggers, tighten your shoe lace and get ready to enjoy this jogging cum cleaning event.
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