Arzoo, Amrita win Patna-Rajgir car rally

PATNA: State art, culture and youth affairs minister Sukhda Pandey gave away prizes to the winners of Lions Club Patna Favourite car rally on late Tuesday evening.

Arzoo Darakshan and Amrita Singh emerged winners in the all-woman category while the second prize was won by Sana Ahmad and Sumbul Ahmad and the third prize by Priti Singh and Prem Lata Gupta.

In the general category, ace car rallyist Brainy Chawla and Asgar Ismail finished first while the second and third prizes went to Manoj Kumar and Prakash Agrawal and Sudip Kumar and Ravi Talwar respectively.

The minister congratulated the winners and emphasized the need to promote motor sports in the state and acquire good driving skills.

Altogether 51 teams took part in the rally, of which 31 reached the destination in Rajgir. The rally was flagged off on Sunday from St Xavier’s High School near Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

“The main objective of the rally was to showcase the development that is taking place in rural Bihar,” said club President Usha Jha.