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Children take out rally on skates supporting ban on child labour

Staff Correspondent

They covered a distance of over 25 km from Khanapur to Belgaum city

FOR A CAUSE: Children on skates on the occasion of Children's Day in Belgaum on Tuesday.

BELGAUM: Schoolchildren joined hands against child labour on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, celebrated as Children's Day, on Tuesday.

Twenty-five children aged between 10 and 14 took out a rally on roller skates in support of the ban on child labour covering a distance of over 25 km from Khanapur to Belgaum city. They started at 8.30 a.m. from Shivaji Chowk in Khanapur town and reached Rani Chennamma Circle in Belgaum via Machhe, Udyambag, Congress Road and Bogarves at ten minutes to noon.

The Belgaum Roller Skating Academy (BRSA), in association with Lions Club of Belgaum Saheli (LCBS), organised the rally. Parents and well-wishers of the children and the academy accompanied them. Umesh Kalghatagi of BRSA led the rally.

Participants

The children who participated in the rally are Prathamesth Chougale, Vedant Rane, Rohan Kokane, Aniket Chindak, Gururaj Killekar, Aditya Nadagouda, Mohan Walvekar, Shubham Danannavar, Aditya Satpute, Ganesh Kaktikar, Chanvir Kalyan, Chitanya Maralihalli, Rushab Raju, Monish A.G., Nikhil Patil, Tejal Nesarikar, Omkar Nilajkar, Nikhil Chindak, Shubham Zhavar, Ridhima Shinde, Nikita Chougule, Rutuja Hande Ashish Bhandari, Pratik Patil, Varun Chougule, Gayatri Guruv, Sanjana Rabb, Ashish Chajjed, Bhagyashree Patil and Sagar Pujari.

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