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After Wowing 9 States, Youth Baton Relay (YBR) arrives in townBy Dr arvind, Section Commonwealth Youth Games 2008
After traversing thousands of kilometres through nine different states, the Youth Baton Relay (YBR) of the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is finally arriving in the host city for a grand welcome. It will complete its 67 day journey which began from New Delhi on August 1. Starting Tuesday, the baton will be on a three-day parade within the city, before heading for the final venue point at Balewadi on October 12.
On Monday, the baton passed through the religious places, Dehu-Alandi, and took a halt at the industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad. Having flagged of from New Delhi, the baton has passed through nine different states. The baton, projecting a three-pronged mission of promotion of Olympic sports, and spreading the messages of green games and save tiger mission, is planned to be given an impressive welcome in the city, as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the CYG organising committee and the district collectorate have chalked out elaborate plans. In the city run, eminent personalities from all walks of life will participate. On October 9, there will be a grand carnival starting from Baburao Sanas ground to Balewadi. The route it would take is: Bajirao Road, Vishrambaug Wada, Vishrambaug Wada, Laxmi Road, Alka Talkies chowk, Deccan, F C Road, Agriculture College, Pune University, Aundh and Baner. On Tuesday, the YBR will reach Khadki cantonment area and will be brought into the city with a procession of cyclists carrying flags of the 71 participating countries. Later, sporting these flags on boats, the baton is scheduled to reach Bund Garden at 3 pm. After this, it would pass by Deccan College, Alandi Road, Airport Road, Gunjan Talkies chowk, Aga Khan Palace, Ramwadi octroi post, Wadgaon Sheri, Chandan Nagar, Kharadi, Magarpatta Road, Hadapsar, Fatima Nagar, Wanavdi, Ghorpadi, Koregaon Park, Wadia College chowk, Pune Station and would reach B J Medical ground by 8 pm where cultural events have been organised to give it a welcome.
The journey so far
The Euphoria band, led by Palash Sen, would present a musical night at the ground. After this, the baton would head for Rajeev Gandhi Zoological Park in Katraj, where it would make a night sojourn.
Addressing the media, MP Suresh Kalmadi said, "The CYG served as a golden opportunity for Pune to build up its infrastructure and I am happy that all the necessary infrastructure is in place. Besides good roads, we have got good signages, high quality streetlights. I hope, all this development brings in more business for the city, with multinational companies setting up their bases here." Kalmadi said that cities in Maharashtra, which have given a warm welcome to the baton relay, would be given an honour of welcoming the torch of the Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi in 2010. "Many places like Aurangabad, Nagpur, Baramati and Indapur, received the baton with great pomp, hence, I would make a request the Commonwealth Games authorities to carry the torch through these cities in 2010." He said that Pune, too would welcome the baton in a sparkling manner. From: TIE, Oct-07-2008
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