Jammu, Aug 15 (PTI) Border Security Force (BSF) Director General S S Deshwal on Sunday evening flagged off a 1,993-km-long cyclothon from the Octeroi border outpost in Jammu to Gujarat under the Fit India movement on the 75th Independence Day.

The 'Freedom Cyclothon 2021' flagging off ceremony was also attended by N S Jamwal, IG, BSF Jammu, other officers of the border guarding force and several dignitaries.

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A colourful cultural programme was presented by the Regional Outreach Bureau (ROB), Jammu, school children of border schools of R S Pura, the BSF Secondary School, Jammu, and the Harman Cultural and Education Society, Punjab, officials said.

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