Delhi man on 21,000-km walk to promote blood donation reaches Imphal

IMPHAL: A Delhi-based social worker, who is on a 21,000km walk across three countries to spread awareness about blood donation, reached Manipur capital Imphal on Wednesday.
Kiran Verma, 38, said, "So far I have covered 17,800 km through 230 districts across 18 states/Union territories."
After Imphal, he will visit Churachandpur district before walking to Mizoram, Tripura and other parts of northeast India.
He began his walk on December 28, 2021 from Thiruvananthapuram during the Covid-19 pandemic.
"This walk is going to be the longest blood awareness campaign ever by an individual in the world," Verma said, adding that "nobody should die waiting for blood in India after December 31, 2025".
Highlighting certain landmark activities during his mission, Verma said on June 19 this year he walked in three countries - Bangladesh, India and Nepal - in a single day through the Siliguri corridor, a unique record made by any Indian.
To support his walk, 126 blood donation camps were organised in different parts of the country in which over 26,722 units of blood were collected. More than 9000 individual donors have also donated blood in their personal capacity at different blood banks across India and abroad to support this campaign, he added.