Srinagar, July 25 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday flagged off a five-kilometre Reading Marathon at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) here, urging the youth to reject drugs, cultivate a lifelong reading habit and contribute towards building a greener and healthier society.

Addressing students, teachers, academicians and participants, Sinha described the Reading Marathon as a unique confluence of knowledge, physical fitness and environmental responsibility.

"This marathon is a confluence of the culture of acquiring knowledge and our responsibility towards nature," he said, adding that the enthusiasm displayed by hundreds of students from across Jammu and Kashmir reflected the immense potential of th...