The office of Accountant General, Odisha organised a bicycle rally named ‘Swachh Bharat, Swachh Odisha’ here on Sunday to create awareness about cleanliness among people. The rally was flagged off by Principal Accountant General Devika.
Accountant General (Audit) R Ambalavanan and Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Housing and Urban Development department, G Mathivathanan, Tapas Sen, G Suryavanshi, Ashok Joshi, Randeep Kaur, Madhusudan Dalai, KP Imani and senior officers participated in the rally.
“We can save fuel and stop import of oil by using bicycles,” said Ambalavanan. Bicycles should be used to reduce environment pollution and cycling is a way to stay fit and healthy, he added.
The bicycle rally started from the AG office campus to the Rajiv Bhawan.
Purushottam Bal, Govind Chandra Marandi, PK Satpathy, Tapan Das, Sushant Patri and Rajesh Agrawal coordinated the event. Around 300 employees participated in the rally.