New Delhi: A `Swachh Bharat Run` was organised at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday.
"The Rashtrapati Bhavan woke up this morning to a `Swachh Bharat Run`. The run in which around 1,500 people participated was flagged off by President Pranab Mukherjee," a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
The statement added that the President also joined the participants for a brief stretch.
Participants in the run included officers and staff of the secretariat, the President`s Body Guard and Delhi Police, as well as their families.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on October 02 launched the `Swachh Bharat Abhiyan`, a nation-wide campaign which seeks to clean up the country in five years.