Mumbai: Over 25,000 children run to raise healthy heart awareness

The winners of the Little Hearts Marathon pose with their medals

More than 25,000 children from across Maharashtra participated in the fifth Little Hearts Marathon organised by the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children in association with Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust at the Bandra-Kurla Complex yesterday.

Amruta Fadnavis, wife of CM Devendra Fadnavis, flagged off the marathon. Also present were Dr Ramdas Ambatkar, general secretary of BJP in Maharashtra; Shraddha Jadhav, corporator and ex-Mayor of Mumbai; Arvind Sawant, MP; Rajesh Mahapuskar, director Marathi film 'Ventilator'; Ness Wadia, MD of Wadia Group.

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