On World Bicycle Day on Monday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar arrived at his office here at Haryana Civil Secretariat riding a bicycle with other party members and his security personnel.
From his residence in Sector 3 here, Manohar Lal rode his bicycle to Haryana Civil Secretariat in Sector 1 giving a message to the people to add cycling to their daily routine as it is the simplest and environment friendly means of transport which has many health benefits.
He also posted a Tweet regarding this and greeted the citizens of Indian on the occasion of World Bicycle Day and encouraged them to use a bicycle in their mundane travel to work, stating it as a healthy and environment-friendly means of travel.
While talking to the mediapersons later, the Chief Minister said that if people of every section of society use bicycles in their daily routine it would help in reducing the increasing environment pollution besides easing traffic congestion. Moreover, cycling also act as good a workout, he said.
He said that the Government has approved the construction of cycle tracks in Faridabad, Karnal and Gurugram so that more and more people use bicycles in their daily routine. Apart from this, there is a plan to construct cycle tracks in Panchkula, Hisar, Rohtak, he added.
On this occasion Chief Minister's Media Advisor Rajiv Jain, Chairman HLRDC Ajay Gaur and other officials also rode cycle with the Chief Minister.
The World Bicycle Day is celebrated on June 3 every year and it is the second year when this occasion would be celebrated all around the globe, after the UN General Assembly recognised the importance of cycling and declared June 3 as “World Bicycle Day”.