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72-YR-OLD SIKH TO WALK 500 MILES FOR FUNDS IN CANCER RESERCH
London, Jun 4 (PTI) - A 72-year-old Sikh Wednesday started a 500-mile walk from Edinburgh to London to raise onemillion pounds for research into bowel cancer.
A large number of Sikhs and others gave Balwant Singh 'Bobby' Singh Grewal a rousing send-off outside the ScottishParliament building.
To the accompaniment of 'dholaks' and Punjabi songs, the Scottish Minister for Public Health Shona Robison cut theribbon to mark the start of Grewal's walk.
Grewal was also supported by India's Consul-General inEdinburgh, Ramesh Chander.
He is scheduled to cover the 500-mile journey on foot over five weeks and reach the House of Parliament in London inJuly nine.
Grewal is undertaking the walk to raise one million pounds for research into bowel cancer and other bowel diseasesat St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, a hospital unique in the U.K.
Bowel cancer refers to cancerous growth of cells in parts in large intestine like Colon and others like Appendixand Rectum.
A keen sportsman, Grewal was born in Punjab andmigrated to Britain in 1958.
In 2001, he ran the London Marathon in just over five hours, and in 2004-5 (aged 68), he completed a walk covering 2,500 miles across India from the North-West frontier to thedeep South.
The walk raised 100,000 pounds for research intocancer and A.I.D.S.
Grewal is very proud to be British, but has not forgotten the values of life he inherited from his birthplace,Punjab.
A large number of Sikhs and others gave Balwant Singh 'Bobby' Singh Grewal a rousing send-off outside the ScottishParliament building.
To the accompaniment of 'dholaks' and Punjabi songs, the Scottish Minister for Public Health Shona Robison cut theribbon to mark the start of Grewal's walk.
Grewal was also supported by India's Consul-General inEdinburgh, Ramesh Chander.
He is scheduled to cover the 500-mile journey on foot over five weeks and reach the House of Parliament in London inJuly nine.
Grewal is undertaking the walk to raise one million pounds for research into bowel cancer and other bowel diseasesat St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, a hospital unique in the U.K.
Bowel cancer refers to cancerous growth of cells in parts in large intestine like Colon and others like Appendixand Rectum.
A keen sportsman, Grewal was born in Punjab andmigrated to Britain in 1958.
In 2001, he ran the London Marathon in just over five hours, and in 2004-5 (aged 68), he completed a walk covering 2,500 miles across India from the North-West frontier to thedeep South.
The walk raised 100,000 pounds for research intocancer and A.I.D.S.
Grewal is very proud to be British, but has not forgotten the values of life he inherited from his birthplace,Punjab.
