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In line with our Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of overall Development of Northeast & Nation Building, the first ever Northeast Half Marathon will be conducted o­n 5^thFebruary, 2023 at Maligaon, Guwahati. A curtain raiser press conference in this regard was held o­n 25^th November, 2022 at the Northeast Frontier Railway Sports Association (NFRSA) indoor stadium, Maligaon. For organising this first of its kind Northeast Half Marathon, N. F. Railway has joined hands with Innovations India Pvt Ltd. The Half Marathon will be aimed at the empowerment of sportspersons and development of sports infrastructure in Northeast India.

Shri Anshul Gupta, GM/NFR along with President NFRSA Shri Rajeev Mahajan gave an insight about the event. Curator of the event Captain Rahul Bali briefed about the marathon, prize money and trophies to be awarded. The press conference also saw the presence of National Cycling Championship Ronaldo Singh & Rojit Singh, Dronacharya Awardee in Boxing Sagarmal Dhayal, International Boxer Kalpana Choudhury & Abdul Barek International Marathon Runner. Dronacharya & Arjuna Awardee Md. Ali Qamar, Former Cricket Player of India ‘A’ Javed Zaman and sports co-ordinator from Railway Sports Promotion Board Sudhir Hooda was also present.

The Northeast Half Marathon will be a series of Marathons that would be conducted across North East India with the aim of empowering the sportspersons and development of sporting activity in Northeast India. The first Marathon of the planned series will be held at Maligaon o­n Sunday 5^th February, 2023 and approximately 3000 runners from all across India as well as abroad are expected to participate in the race. Prizes worth Rs. 11 lakhs would be given to the winners in addition to the Trophies, Medals & Certificates.

The aspiring participants would be able to register both o­nline as well as offline for the Marathon. The NE Half Marathon would highlight all states of Northeast India as o­ne entity and would surely catapult the complete Northeast Region of India into limelight at both National & International Platforms.

Shri Anshul Gupta General Manager/N. F. Railway said that N. F. Railway is steadfast in its endeavour of Empowering the sportspersons and development of Northeast India apart from connectivity and NE Half Marathon is o­ne such step in that direction. Beyond connectivity and promoting tourism, N. F. Railway is also promoting sporting events in various places within its jurisdiction. Curator of the Event Captain Rahul Bali appreciated the brilliant initiative by N. F. Railway and felt honoured to be the Curator of this prestigious event and contribute towards Nation Building.

The details regarding this Half Marathon will be published in all the social media platforms of N. F. Railway. A website related to the Northeast Half Marathon will be launched soon for o­nline registration.

The 76^th Men & 15^thWomen All India Railway Boxing Championship, 2022-23 is being organised by the Northeast Frontier Railway. The championship started o­n 23^rdNovember, 2022 at N.F. Railway Stadium, Maligaon, Guwahati. The sporting event was inaugurated by General Secretary/ Northeast Frontier Railway Sports Association (NFRSA) in presence of other officials of NFRSA. The championship will last for four days and will conclude o­n 26^th November, 2022. The Championship  consists of 13 categories for men and 12 categories for women.

Participants are from 13 different zones of Indian Railways like SCR (South Central Railway, Secunderabad), CR (Central Railway, Mumbai), SER (South Eastern Railway, Kolkata), ER (Eastern Railway, Kolkata), NR (Northern Railway, Delhi) & NFR (Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon) which is the home team. A total of 75 male players, 37 women players, coach, officials, senior players, referees and judges are taking part in this championship.

Olympian and Arjuna Awardee V. Devrajan from Southern Railway, Olympian Diwakar Prasad from Eastern Railway, Dronacharya & Arjuna Awardee Md. Ali Qamar from Eastern Railway, Dronacharya Awardee Jaidev Bisht and Sagar Mal Dhayal from Northern Railway and North Western Railway respectively and Dhyan Chand Awardee N. Usha from East Coast Railway marked their presence in this o­ngoing tournament.

Sports are an integral part for o­ne’s life to keep mind and body healthy. N.F. Railway is working with the objective to create and develop new talent in the field of sports by taking various steps which will in turn bring glory to Indian Railways. Organising such kind of a championship will boost the overall development of the upcoming youths.