Students to welcome baton team

Thousands of children will be there to welcome the baton relay team that has a green theme and is spreading the 8216;Save the Tiger8217; campaign of the central government.

8220;At 3 pm on October 6, the relay will start from Bhakti Shakti Chowk in Nigdi and pass through Bhel chowk, Bijalinagar, Chapekar chowk, Pimpri overbridge, Morwadi Road and then head towards the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation office. It will end for the day at Telco guest house,8221; said assistant police inspector Arvind Gokule.

The next day, it will start at 7 am from the guest house and pass through Magar Stadium, Mhada Colony, Morwadi chowk, Mumbai Pune highway, Chinchwad railway flyover, Chapekar chowk, Walhekarwadi Phata, Dange chowk, Sai chowk, Shagun chowk and pass in front of the Hindustan Antiobiotics factory on the Mumbai-Pune highway. The team will then proceed to Nashik Phata, Kasarwadi, Phugewadi, Dapodi and Khadki.

Students all over the city are rehearsing every day to participate in the CYG. They are not competing in the events but will be cheering the participants of 71 countries. They will also stage various cultural events. Jigrr, the mascot of the Games, has been put up at schools where students are rehearsing.