The Bengaluru Midnight Marathon will be held at the Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation (KTPO) in Whitefield on December 5, with more than 12,000 runners expected to participate and vehicle movement scheduled to be restricted for 15 hours, according to the organisers.
The 19th edition of the event carries the theme ‘Run for a Healthy India’. The theme and the official event T-shirt were unveiled at a press conference on Thursday.
The organisers said traffic restrictions would be in place from 2 pm on December 5 until 5 am on December 6 to provide participants with what they described as a pollution-free environment. The announcement is expected to be relevant to residents, employees and other road users in and around Whitefield, although the supplied details do not specify the individual roads or diversion routes that will be affected.
The event programme includes a 31.6-km run, a 21.5-km half marathon, the Sumadhura Marathon, a 10K run, a Fast 5K and a 5K fun run. Participants will be able to register through the event website, www.bharatmidnightmarathon.run/bengaluru.
Actor Ragini Dwivedi has been named the official fitness mentor for this year’s marathon. Major General Bharat Mehtani, General Officer Commanding of the Karnataka and Kerala Sub Area, Sumadhura Group chairman and managing director Madhusudan G., Rotary International District 3191 governor Dr Anil Gupta, RBITC president Neetu Mehta, BMM race director Dr Gul and BMM chief Sushmita Subramanyam were present at the press conference.
The event will add a large organised gathering to Whitefield’s existing commuter activity. The area is one of Bengaluru’s major employment and residential zones, and the proposed restriction window covers both the afternoon and overnight period. The organisers have not provided route-level traffic arrangements, parking details or the number of roads covered in the information supplied for the announcement.
The marathon’s schedule means participants in the longer races and shorter runs will take part under the same broad event window, with the venue at KTPO serving as the identified location. Registration remains open through the event’s Bengaluru webpage, while further operational information on traffic management and road access has not been included in the announcement.
