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Three open-air gyms inaugurated in Mohali
Former Punjab health minister and local MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday inaugurated three open-air gyms in Phase 7, Mohali
Former Punjab health minister and local MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday inaugurated three open-air gyms in Phase 7, Mohali.
Sidhu said amid Covid-19, exercise has become very important for people to enhance their internal immunity to fight such diseases.
Keeping this in mind, the Mohali municipal corporation is setting up open-air gyms in different parks, he said.
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