Chennai, Feb. 8 -- The Office of Protector of Emigrants (POE), Tamil Nadu, Ministry of External Affairs organised a Walkathon at Besant Nagar Beach here on Saturday.

About 400 people participated in the walkathon.

The event saw performances by State Police Band, DGP Office Headquarters and a nukkad natak cum performance on safe emigration by Uzhavan Kalai Kuzhu group.

The Walkathon marked the beginning of a month-long awareness campaign across Tamil Nadu -- 'Paathu Ponga', where the PoE Office will educate citizens about safe and legal emigration practices and the risks of unauthorized overseas job placements.

Special Guests Dr. Sandeep Mittal, ADGP Cybercrime and Mr. Surinder Bhagat, Protector General of Emigrants (PGE)-Ministry...