The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, is organising a cross-country bike expedition with ‘Yashaswini’, a group of CRPF women bikers, to celebrate women power.
A total of 150 CRPF officers will, on October 3, embark on the rally divided into three teams.
Riding 75 Royal Enfield 350cc motorbikes, these teams will start their journeys from the Northern (Srinagar), Eastern (Shillong), and Southern (Kanyakumari) regions of India.
Finally, they will all converge at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar (Kevadia), Gujarat scheduled for October 31, 2023.
The rally will cover approximately 10,000km, passing through 15 states and two Union territories. Throughout their respective journeys, in many districts en route various events have been planned, including interactions with the target groups of “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” (BBBP) like school children and college girls, women self-help groups, cadets of the National Cadet Corps, children of CCIs, NYKS members, adolescent girls and boys, anganwadi workers, etc, and felicitation of ‘BBBP champions’.
