Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal along with his Cabinet Ministers and party MlAs on Wednesday cycled to the legislative Assembly in a bid to encourage people to opt for eco-friendly transportation.
Sixty-two-year-old Khattar and many others rode bicycles to cover the short distance of over one km from the Chief Minister’s residence to the Assembly while some of the women MlAs travelled by e-rickshaws.
Haryana's Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Shyam Singh Rana pedalled a cycle-rickshaw to the assembly. He carried CPS Seema Trikha and Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Jagdish Chopra on his rickshaw. Congress MlAs Shakuntala Khatak and Geeta Bhukkal reached assembly on Royal Enfield Motorcycle drove by the former. Talking to the mediapersons, the Chief Minister said “This is good for the environment. People should use cycles at least for a day.”
“We wanted to give a message to people to make more use of environment-friendly mode of transports.Tthough their gesture was “symbolic”, but they want a message should go out that using bicycles is not only good for health, but also environment-friendly,” he said.
On the opening day of the monsoon session of Haryana Assembly on Friday, BJP MlA Pawan Kumar Saini had pedalled around 110 km from his constituency in Kurukshetra district to reach the Assembly in Chandigarh. 45-year-old Saini was also among the group of MlAs who cyled to the Assembly on Wednesday.