Over 500 students of Adhyapana School (Grades VI–XII), joined by 100 teachers, parents, and Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Madurai West, took over the streets of Madurai early morning on Saturday, 29th August 2026 in a powerful 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧! 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐲: 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐮 𝐂.𝐓.𝐑. 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 (𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐋𝐚𝐰, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐭. 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐮) 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬: 𝐌𝐫. 𝐌.𝐌. 𝐆𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝐌𝐋𝐀, 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡) & 𝐌𝐫. 𝐕.𝐍.𝐒. 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐚 (𝐌𝐋𝐀, 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥) Resonating with the 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐥, our students marched with placards and bold slogans from the historic 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝, spreading the vital message of a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. Inspiring the gathering, the Hon’ble Minister urged our young leaders to 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 for ensuring smooth traffic flow, and safety throughout the walkathon route!