Monday, 27 September 2021 | PNS | Roorkee
Digvijay Singh of Dabki Kala village in Khanpur area of Haridwar district was handicapped since childhood. Overcoming the challenges he set a record by covering 3,000 kilometres in a car in 58 hours. During a felicitation function, he also spoke about his struggles and preparations.
For this achievement, former state minister Thakur Sanjay Singh, senior advocate Sanjay Sharma Darmoda, Haridwar SDM Puran Singh Rana and others felicitated him. In December 2020, Singh had driven solo non-stop in a manual car ride by specially abled driver competition covering 3m000 kilometres from Kanyakumari to Agra in 58 hours.
Padma Shri recipient Deepa Malik praised Singh’s spirit and his passion. Sanjay Singh said that this achievement of Digvijay will become a source of inspiration for other differently-abled people. He said that he would soon meet the chief minister and the Sports minister and also make efforts towards policy for the differently-abled in sports.
