Kolkata: Harindra Rao, General Manager, Eastern Railway flagged off 'Run For Unity' at Princep Ghat on Wednesday morning in commemoration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 143rd birth anniversary. About 500 participants comprising Eastern Railway officers, staff and their families took part in 'Run For Unity' from Princep Ghat that ended at Fairley Place, the Headquarters of Eastern Railway.
Later, Rao administered the 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' pledge to the officers and staff of Eastern Railway at its Headquarters and also inspected an RPF contingent parade organised on the occasion.
Metro Railway also observed his birth anniversary as 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' (National Unity Day) in a befitting manner in order to preserve and strengthen the unity, integrity and security of India. As part of this programme, a 'Run for Unity' from Metro Rail Bhavan to Mayo Road Gate of Park Street Metro Station was organised. The run was flagged off by P C Sharma, General Manager, Metro Railway, where he along with the officers and staff of Metro Railway participated.
Eminent Sportspersons of Metro Railway like Ashim Biswas, Dipankar Ray, Sangram Mukherjee, Satish
Bharti and all the ex-players of Senior Indian National Football Team participated in 'Run for Unity'.
Prior to this, P C Sharma also administered the 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' pledge to the officers and staff at Metro Rail Bhavan.