KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh-cum-CEO, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. on Sunday flagged off a bicycle rally organised at the new lake, Sector 42, here.
The bicycle rally was organised by the Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. to promote bicycling in the city in a big way. The rally started off at sector 42 lake at 7.00 am and covered the interior of the whole sector with a route of 3.5 kms.
Among present were Anil Garg, Additional Commissioner, MCC, N.P. Sharma, Chief General Manager, CSCL, officials of CSCL, representatives from RWA’s (CRAWFED & FOSWAC) and various bicycling groups of the city.
Yadav said the objective of the rally was to make the participants aware about the benefits of bicycling and also about the Cycle4Change challenge. He said that for the Cycle4Change Challenge the city is gearing up for the launch of a pilot project with 10 docking stations at various locations in the city with 100 bicycles. He said that the CSCL in association with various cycle lovers and RWAs will scale up such events to make more people enjoy cycling in the city.
He said that the Best Photo & Video Challenge has also been launched for the citizens of Chandigarh to participate and showcase their creativeness. The last date for submission of entries is 31st Oct 2020. The details are available on social media platforms such as CSCL website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter page. The residents are encouraged to participate and show their spirit. In the rally, the participants were given certificates for showing their enthusiasm and promoting bicycling in their own way. Public Bike Sharing Bicycles were also on display at the rally venue, which were also used by the participants.