World Polio Day: over 500 cyclists link Valley's seven heritage sites to spread polio eradication message

A cycle rally carrying the message of polio eradication was held in Kathmandu Valley on Saturday to mark World Polio Day.

More than 500 cyclists took part in the rally. They rode linking the seven World Heritage sites of Kathmandu Valley, spreading the message that polio must be ended.

World Polio Day is observed every year on October 24. The awareness program in the Valley was organized to coincide with this day.

Sources say the main objective of the rally linking the heritage sites was to make the general public aware about polio eradication.