Khanin Roy, a youth from Assam’s Pathsala achieved a remarkable feat by covering 900 km on foot to create awareness on drug abuse and depression. He had begun the walkathon in December last year and completed it in 28 days on January 5.

The kickboxing champion set out on his journey to sensitize the masses on the adverse effects of drug abuse and depression from Assam’s Dhubri and reached Shantipur in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district.

He had to cover a distance of 35-30 km in a single day to achieve this feat that also rendered him with a healthy constitution. He undertook the journey under the aegis of Brain and Figure, a Pathsala based organization working in the area of drug abuse and mental illness.

“The main aim behind undertaking a journey on foot was to promote fitness among the masses and sensitize them on the menace of drug abuse and depression,” said Khanin Roy.

“I am willing to undertake yoga, cycling, walking, running and any form of physical activity to promote fitness among people,” he said.

Roy has been involved in many unique activities in the past few years to generate awareness of drug addiction and depression. “Depression is one of the leading causes of suicides in India and many youths with depression take their own lives for trivial matters,” said Roy.

“We may not make the society completely free of depression and drug addiction, but we can try our best to rehabilitate those with addiction,” he added.