Marathon to eradicate a menace

M. Samydass, Special Sub Inspector, SIT, Coimbatore, ran through Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Salem, Erode and Tirupur

July 26, 2013 10:24 am | Updated November 16, 2021 10:36 pm IST - COIMBATORE:

COIMBATORE 25/07/2013:
City Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan, congratulates Special Sub Inspector M. Samydass who had taken out a run from Chennai to Coimbatore to create awareness about drug abuse. He reached Coimbatore on Thursday.
PHOTO S.SIVA SARAVANAN

COIMBATORE 25/07/2013: City Police Commissioner A.K. Viswanathan, congratulates Special Sub Inspector M. Samydass who had taken out a run from Chennai to Coimbatore to create awareness about drug abuse. He reached Coimbatore on Thursday. PHOTO S.SIVA SARAVANAN

To mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed annually on July 26, and create awareness on this subject, M. Samydass, Special Sub Inspector, SIT, Coimbatore, took out a 520 kilometre-long marathon from Chennai to Coimbatore.

While he began at Chennai on June 26, he reached Coimbatore on Thursday where he was received A.K. Viswanathan, City Police Commissioner, and other members of the Friends of Police and Anticorruption Movement.

Speaking to reporters, he said that he ran around four to five hours per day with the distance covered per day ranging from 10 km to 41 km.

He was escorted by two police vehicles where the food was also prepared for him along the way.

The 57-year-old, who has just under a year to retire, went to Kancheepuram, and then proceeded to Villupuram, Salem, Erode and finally reached Coimbatore via Tirupur.

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