Arushi and Dilip Buildcon Limited organized ‘The 15th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2021’ on Sunday. PK Mishra was present as the Chief Guest and flagged off the first vehicle and started the rally from DB city Mall, Bhopal.

Supriya Jatav Gold Medalist, Common Wealth Games and Winner of US Open Karate Championship, Atul Kataria, Rohit Trivedi, Ashutosh Roy were also present as special guest. The first car was driven by Aruneshwar Singh Deo with Navigator Nisha Ojha.

The rally moved through clear roads of Arera Hills, Bhopal Haat, Vyapam, 6 No., Nutan College, Bittan Market, Campion School, Prashasan Academy, Habibganj Thana, Ekant Part, Char Imli, 5 No. 2nd Stop, Mata Mandir, MANIIT, Nehru nagar, PNT square and ended at IGRMS. En route were check points to ensure, no-one drives fast, and all traffic rules are strictly followed.

The rally where the vehicle was driven by a sighted person and the navigator was a blind person, the route map in Braille was given to them on the spot. The navigators for the rally were from all over Madhya Pradesh. The rally covered around 30 kms distance within the Bhopal Municipal limits. The route of the rally was managed by Event Management Group- Genius. Throughout the route all road safety norms and speed limits were strictly followed as told by the event manager Neeraj Gulati from Genius- a Creative group.

All safety measures under the government guidelines were strictly followed. Competitors finishing with minimum penalty points were declared the winners, as there was one penalty point for each minute delay and 5 penalty points on entering one minute early at the check points. The prize distribution programme was organized at Vithi Sankul auditorium of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya.

PK Mishra, Director Manav Sangrahalaya, and Supriya Jatav was present for giving the prizes to the winners. There were cash prizes from Dilip Buildcon and trophies sponsored by Sarva Foam for first three winners and gifts to all navigators from Autocad. Total 25 vehicles participated in the rally. The navigators were from various districts of Madhya Pradesh. There were special prizes too.

The Rakesh Sharma memorial trophy for most enthusiastic participant was given to Major Rajesh Paul. The first three Prize winners were- Chitra Manwani with navigator Sajid Ansark of Bhopal (First), Rajan Deb with navigator Brijesh Jatav of Shivpuri (Second) and Deepti Badal with navigator Premdas Hariyale of Bhopal (Third).

All participants were given beautiful planters as Mementos by Mitti Ma, and navigators were given Gift hampers from Arushi and Autocad.  
Source: https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/state-editions/15th-blind-challenge-car-rally-2021-organised-in-bhopal.html