The Konark International Cyslothon-2016 organised by the Roots of Odisha Foundation with a message of a clean, green and pollution-free India was on Saturday flagged off by Culture and Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra Panda at the Kalinga Stadium here.
Panda said the cyclothon which is moving to Delhi with the message of pollution-free and green India, would be helpful in creating awareness among the common people.
In the ceremony presided over by former MlA Dilip Srichandan, Roots of Odisha Foundation chairman Dhirendra Kar, chief executive Sudhir Kumar Das, programme coordinator Om Bindhani, Bhubaneswar (North) MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, journalist Kishore Dwivedi and lecturer Nirad Khuntia said the cyclothon is a right step at the right time. More than 200 cyclists left for Konark from the stadium. later, 15 of them would leave for Delhi.