Rahgiri Day’ would be organised at Shahpura lake to promote the use of public transport and make people aware of road safety measures and healthy living, said Bhopal District Collector Nishanth Warwade while addressing the media persons here on Thursday in presence of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Tejaswi S Nayak.
Warwade said that BMC, Bhopal City link limited (BCll) and Bhopal traffic police would jointly organize ‘Rahgiri Day.’ The weekly event would start at 06:00AM and would end at 11:00AM on Sunday November 16, at Shahpura lake Manisha Market. Observing the response of the people at the Vanvihar, plans are afoot to observe Rahgiri concept at many places of the city. “The Raahgiri concept has been brought to Shahpura lake after being successfully running in Boat club” Warwade said.
“On this day many events would be organized including cycling, skating, yoga, aerobics, zumba, besides many games would also be played including gali cricket, kho kho, pitthu, badminton, etc, to burn calories so that Bhopal can become a healthy city. Parking facility would be provided at around the venue for citizens convenience. Additional Commissioner and CEO of BCll Chandramouli Shukla, Additional CEO Devendra Tiwari, Incharge of lake Conservation cell S.K. Gupta and other officials are present on press conference.