DC 10K Run is for 'Change'

Hyderabad: The Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad 10K run was a good platform for charity and voluntary organisations to spread their messages. Hund-reds of people ran the run to spread messages like 'save the girl child,' 'palliative care of cancer patients,' 'blood donation,' 'protection of tribes' etc.

Famous personalities supported such organisations. Additional DGP (Sports) Rajiv Trivedi was an 'icon runner' for them.

Members of Tharuni, a voluntary organisation, participated in the run to spread awareness about the severe imbalances in the sex ration in AP.

“We work towards empowerment of girl children and spread awareness about the imbalances in the state's sex ratio.“ said the director of Tharuni, Dr Mamatha Raghuveer.

“The woman-man ratio in our state has now reached 938-1,000. There are 13 districts in our state with less than 900 women for 1,000 men. If the trend continues, we may have to adopt polyandry . So we stand for the protection of the girl child in every stage of her life,“ she added.

Tharuni is active in 13 districts of AP, including Hyderabad. They work to combat child marriages, curb trafficking and provide education for girls.

Its employees believe that the Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad 10K Run attracts participants from all walks of life, who will notice the messages spread by the organisation.

Sparsh Hospice, the first palliative care centre in AP, also participated in the run, with their active members running the race highlighting their message.

“We give free care for patients who are affected with terminal cancer.

Though we can’t cure these patients, we can provide maximum care for them and make their life free of suffering and make their last stage of life less painful,” said Dr Subrahmanyam, one of the trustees of Sparsh Hospice.

'RUN'NY DAY COPS, CELEBRITIES, TECHIES AND MOST OF HYDERABADIS, ALL TOOK PART IN RUN Hundreds of techies turned up to participate in the run with some coming in from other cities. Financial services company ADP had about 400 employees running, with several from their Pune campus. “Such events bring the industry employees together for a cause,“ said B. Ashok Reddy, president, global HR and corporate affairs, Infotech Enterprises.

Wives of several IPS officers competed and completed the race. Among them were Amita Thakur, wife of R.P. Thakur, additional DGP and controller of legal metrology and C.V Lalitha, C.V. Nikhil wife and son of Cyberabad police Commissioner C.V. Anand.