In a bid to promote community-driven fitness among adolescents and families living in Mumbai’s urban slums, the Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF) concluded its first-ever Gully Fitness League with a grand finale at the CIDCO Exhibition Turf in Vashi on Thursday.
The 45-day initiative saw 1,500 participants from 50 gullies, led by 25 trained student Fitizens, take part in accessible fitness activities conducted directly within their neighbourhoods.
Designed under SBF’s Fitness Monitors (Fitizens) programme, the Gully Fitness League aims to strengthen physical health, improve resilience, and encourage teamwork among resource-challenged communities that often lack safe recreational spaces. The heats, which began in November, culminated in a festive closing ceremony featuring a march past, torc

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