Warm Welcome to Paddlers at Blind Home Ferozepur
You can do anything as long as you have the passion : Sabrina Bryan
Warm Welcome to Paddlers at Blind Home Ferozepur
Ferozepur, November 27, 2015: Sabrina Bryan has rightly said, “You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus and the support” and all these qualities were available with two paddlers – Sohan Singh Sodhi a businessman by profession and Vipan Kumar Sharma, Superintendent(Revenue) in DC Office, Ferozepur – who were given a warm welcome today on reaching back after paddling Ferozepur to Amritsar and back, at Home for the Blind, Makhu Gate Ferozepur City.
Sohan Singh Sodhi, after becoming member of Paddlers Club, Ferozepur which came into existence about three months back, had developed a passion to paddle to distance places. He has already covered Muktsar and back in one day, Bhatinda-Talwandi Sabo in two days and Ferozepur-Talwandi in one day.
Now another member – Vipan Sharma – jointed him to accompany upto Amritsar and back. Both started paddling on Thursday morning from Udham Singh Chowk at 5 am and reached Amritsar by 5 pm via Zira, Makhu, Baba Budha Sahib Patti and on way back to Ferozepur via Makhu, Mallanwala covering 255 KMs. On both the sides, they were given a warm welcome by the citizens of the area including Jain Sabha, Canara Bank Manager Balwinder Singh, Vijay Kumar and others.
On reaching Amaritsar, they paid obeisance at Golden Temple and visited the historical place Jallianwal Bagh.
Speaking on the occasion, Harish Monga Convener said, it is proud for the Paddlers Club that its members are paddling to distant places to create awareness among the people about health maintaining, giving pollution free-environment and developing harmony through paddling.
Paddlers Club members are shortly planning a historical tour in the near future, he added.
Sohan Singh said, paddling keeps you fit besides saving money and giving a pollution free environment. He appealed all to enjoy the cycle riding. While Vipan Sharma sharing his experience said, it is the first time that I have paddled out of the city at such a long journey on cycle and it is all due to the inspiration of Sohan Singh. Moreover, When you are paddling, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands and your mind. While it keeps you alert all the time, it is also good exercise for keeping yourself fit.
Kuldeep Kumar, visually impaired student of B.Ed appreciated the initiative of Paddlers Club members for spreading the message of health and environment through paddling.
Present among other members of the Paddlers Club were – Anirudh Gupta, Dr.Satinder Singh, Ashok Behal, Sunir Monga, Manjit Singh, Satish Machhral, Ashwani, Inderjit Singh.
