A motorcycle rally by the Railway Police Force (RPF) and felicitations to freedom fighters marked the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, platinum jubilee celebration of India’s Independence, at Rail Soudha, headquarters of South Western Railway, in Hubballi on Monday.
As part of the celebrations, the RPF has so far planted 3,500 saplings at railway stations across the railway zone and offered Jal Seva to the travelling public and took up cleanliness drives at 37 railway stations. A run for unity by 550 railway staff covering 5,200 km was also held as part of the celebrations.
Earlier, for the motorcycle rally, five riders from each one of the three divisions of South Western Railway were chosen and a total of 15 riders covered 75 stations on the railway zone to reach the headquarters on Sunday.