A boost to three para-athletes

Two top of the line racing bicycles and a prosthetic sport's limb worth Rs 4 lakh were presented

Aditya Mehta Foundation (AMF), a brain child of India's popular para-cyclist Aditya Mehta, has taken up the initiative to aid three para-athletes from across the country. Aditya recently rode 4,000 kilometres by cycle from Srinagar to Kanyakumari, covering eight states and 36 Indian cities. It is the longest distance the para-cyclist has ever attempted to cover so far.

Animal rights activist and philanthropist Amala Akkineni presented two top of the line racing bicycles and a prosthetic sport's limb worth Rs 4 lakh on behalf of AMF to three para-athletes. Srinivas Naidu, the knee amputee swimmer from Vijayawada; Alok Mandal, a para-cyclist from Kolkata with 60 per cent disability in his right leg owing to polio attack and a bronze medalist' at the Asian Cycling Championship and Abhishek, a para-cyclist with 90 per cent disability in right leg, received the equipment at Our Sacred Space on Saturday.

Amala Akkineni appreciated the amazing feat of Aditya Mehta who travelled over 4,000 kilometres to propagate his message across the country and to support his fellow athletes through his foundation. She appealed to the people to support his noble cause to help para-athletes excel further in their endeavours.

Aditya Mehta said that his foundation was launched with the noble intention of aiding fellow para-athletes and has been working tirelessly since its inception to identify and support needy Indian para-athletes with financial and moral support.

"Absolute apathy towards para-athletes from corporates, governments, NGOs, individual philanthropists etc., moved me and spurred me to build awareness about my fellow para-athletes' special needs," Aditya said.