Bhubaneswar: Around 1,200 students and citizens participated in a walkathon organised in Bhubaneswar as part of Vigilance Awareness Week to spread awareness against corruption and promote integrity in public and social life.
The walkathon commenced from Power House Chhak and culminated at Kalinga Stadium. Odisha Vigilance Additional Director General (ADG) Sanjay Kumar Kaushal flagged off the event.
Students from several educational institutions, including DAV Public Schools at Chandrasekharpur, Unit-8 and Pokhariput, Stewart School, Loyola School, Mothers Public School, BK College of Art & Crafts, BJB Autonomous College, Debaray College, Rajdhani College, Kamala Nehru Women’s College, Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir and KIIT, took part in the programme.
Students from Government ITI, Government High School and Government Girls’ High School, Unit-6, members of the Roller & Ice Skating Association and NCC cadets from various schools and colleges also joined the awareness drive.
Carrying placards and raising slogans, the participants urged people to shun corruption and stressed that both giving and accepting bribes are criminal offences. The initiative aimed at taking the anti-corruption message to the grassroots and encouraging citizens to fight corruption at individual and collective levels.
Among those present were Vigilance AIG C.M. Patra, Bhubaneswar Anti-Corruption Branch SP Saroj Kumar Samal, Kataka Vigilance Branch SP K.B. Acharya, Cell Division SP Sushanta Kumar Biswal, Bhubaneswar DCIP Sharvana Vivek and Legal Advisor R.N. Das. Senior officers of the State Anti-Corruption Academy and other departments also participated.
