BANGALORE: The Rotary International Dist.3190 is organising an all-India road show titled ‘End Polio Now’. Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda will flag off the Bangalore leg of the road show on February 8, 2012, from M G Road. The team will pass Brigade Road Junction, General Thimmiah Road, Cubbon Road and Anil Kumble Circle. It will cover most parts of the city by February 9 and will then proceed towards Hosur.A team of six Rotarians started the rally on December 11 from Kerala and is reaching Bangalore after touring Mangalore, Goa, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. “This is the first time a rally of this proportion is happening in India,” said H S Kapinaiah, chairman, district Polio Plus committee. V Ramana Reddy, Principal Secretary for Health, Shankaralinge Gowda, Commissioner of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, and Jyothiprakash Mirji, Commissioner of Police, will attend the event on February 8. Rotary began a global effort to eradicate polio in 1988 and has been in the forefront by providing both timely and monetary help for the cause.
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