Mumbai Mumbai: The inaugural edition of Mumbai Walkathon received a tremendous response. More than 5,000 participants stepped on the streets of Maximum City, adopting the joy of walking for fitness and community bonds.

This prestigious program was given by Bhushan Gagrani in JVPD Grounds, IAS Officer, Municipal Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC); Rear Admiral Anil Jaggi, Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area; Dhanushkodi Shivanandan, former Police Commissioner, Maharashtra; Shilpa Khanna CFO fast and up; Vinay Bhartia, co-founder, was flagged off by Justwalkindia and showed a beautiful route leading to Juhu Beach via Shri Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow, which ended back on JVPD Grounds.

The program started at 6:00 am with a 10 km pro walk, which was followed by 42% of the dedicated walkers, followed by 44% walkers in the 5 km family walk at 6:20 am and 14% participants participated in 3 km of fun walk at 6:40 am. SK Maidul Islam, a professional walker athlete from Pune, said, “Such an event will help the professional athlete to move forward and he will enjoy competition. Such events will help spread awareness about Walkathon through this event.

One of the most inspiring highlights of Walkathon was the participation of 10 persons with artificial legs, which walked with remarkable energy and determination, which really reflects the feeling of flexibility and perseverance.

In this opening version, the number of women in all three categories was 52% to 48% higher than men.

75-year-old Urmila Bhatia said, “It was a great event and she enjoyed walking and she has been walking since childhood. Bhatia said,” She wants the younger generation to move forward with TV screen and mobile phone and start walking and became a part of such events to keep themselves fit. “The family walk was a heart touching title, which is a heartfelt sentence, which is the best,” which is a well-known, “that is a well-known,” which is the best, that the family is along Hai. “While attending the festival, eight participants celebrated their birthday in the event, and started their special day memorable and healthy. Wheel-Chair participant Niranjan Jadhav said,” Such an event will give everyone confidence and people will come out to keep themselves fit. This is a simple way to stay fit through walking. “The inaugural edition of Mumbai Walkathon collectively took more than 44,000 million steps, the inaugural edition of the Mumbai Walkathon successfully promoted the joy of walking as fitness, inclusiveness and lifestyle. Jinay Bharatiya, the co-founder of Justwalkindia, said,” Fast and Up Up Mumbai Walkathon's purpose to start his fitness travel to our citizens. Have to provide. Welcoming over 5000 participants was a humble experience. We are sure that more people will be encouraged to join us.