As part of Vigilance Awareness Week, some 1,200 people and students took part in a walkathon in Bhubaneswar to raise awareness of corruption and encourage integrity in social and public life. Starting from Power House Chhak, the walkathon ended at Kalinga Stadium. Sanjay Kumar Kaushal, Additional Director General (ADG) of Odisha Vigilance, kicked off the ceremony.
Participating in the program were students from a number of educational institutions, including BK College of Art & Crafts, BJB Autonomous College, Debaray College, Rajdhani College, Kamala Nehru Women’s College, Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, KIIT, Stewart School, Loyola School, Mothers Public School, and DAV Public Schools at Chandrasekharpur, Unit-8, and Pokhariput.
Participants in the awareness campaign included NCC cadets from various schools and colleges, members of the Roller & Ice Skating Association, and students from Government ITI, Government High School, and Government Girls’ High School, Unit-6. The participants emphasized that both offering and accepting bribes are crimes and advised people to avoid corruption while holding signs and shouting slogans. The initiative’s goal was to spread the anti-corruption message at the local level and inspire people to combat corruption both individually and collectively.
Senior officers from the State Anti-Corruption Academy and other departments were also present, including Vigilance AIG C.M. Patra, Bhubaneswar Anti-Corruption Branch SP Saroj Kumar Samal, Kataka Vigilance Branch SP K.B. Acharya, Cell Division SP Sushanta Kumar Biswal, Bhubaneswar DCIP Sharvana Vivek, and Legal Advisor R.N. Das.
