- Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on October 2, 2019 flagged off ‘Fit India Plog run at Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi to mark Gandhi Jayanti.
- Member of Parliament and Singer Manoj Tiwari, Wrestler Bajrang Punia, Poet Ashok Chakradhar among others were present on the occasion.
- Plogging is a concept brings together fitness and cleanliness as participants pick up plastic and other waste from the road while jogging.
- The run is being organised at over two thousand places all over the country including 225 places in the national capital.
- Nehru Yuva Kendras, NSS centers and government and private institutions across the country are also organising the Plog Run to ensure that fitness and cleanliness become a way of life for people.
