Chamarajanagar, Aug. 30 -- * 1,000-km-long Motorcycle Rally flagged off from Bandipur; to culminate at Bidar tomorrow

* A joint initiative of Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, DYES and Forest Dept.

A motorcycle rally (jatha), with a message 'Say no to drugs,' was flagged off yesterday at Bandipur in Gundlupet taluk of the district. The rally will cover a distance of 1,000-km till it concludes on Aug. 31 at Bidar.

DCF (Bandipur) and Director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, S. Prabhakaran, flagged off the rally near Safari Centre at the entrance of Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Highlight of the rally is the participation of Nandini Mithun, who has achieved in cycling by pedalling a distance of over 1 lakh kms across the country.

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