Students of the Hindusthan College of Arts and Science along with Kalam Vision 2020 Social Welfare Association have commenced a rally from the city to the former President late APJ Adbul Kalam’s memorial in Ramanathapuram district to spread the vision of the youth icon.
Fifteen students of the college are participating in the two-day event that was flagged off from the institution on Sunday by Kalam’s grandson Sheik Dawood. Holding a torch, the students will run through Tirupur, Gobichettipalayam, Erode, Karur, Trichy, Madurai, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram town and cover the rest of the route in a campaign vehicle before concluding it at the burial site of Kalam on Monday evening. An awareness vehicle fitted with speakers will propagate the former president’s vision and the role of youth in making his dream come true. Kalam’s elder brother A.P.J. Marakayer will receive the torch in Rameswaram.