One of Kashmir’s emerging athletes, Manan Hassan Wani, who is better known as a solo cyclist, today chose to run from Sopore to Srinagar to mark the celebration of Earth Day, an annual international event organized in the entire world for creating awareness about environmental sustainability and the green future of planet earth.
The event was organized by the South Asian VoluntaryAssociation of Environmentalists (SAVAE), an organization which focuses onenvironmental policy in South Asia.
Wani started the run at 7:00 am from the apple Town ofSopore in North Kashmir and completed the 50km distance between Sopore andSrinagar in four and a half hours.
He was received at Srinagar outside the Hajj House in Beminahere by the founder of SAVAE, Bilal Ahmad Pandow and his colleagues at SAVAE.
Later, a memento and certificate of appreciation waspresented to Wani by senior environmental journalist, Athar Parvaiz, who wasthe guest of honour for the event.