As many as 300 cycling enthusiasts participated in 'Saksham Cyclothon' held here on Sunday.
The cycling event was organized on world cycling day and flagged off by Parminder Singh Dhindsa, president, Cycling Federation of India from its starting point- Capitol Complex here.
Mani Singh who won a gold at national cycling road race held at Ranchi in 2017 also took part and so did Ashish, who won a silver in the last Nationals held in 2016.
Also, there were 11 specially-abled children who took part in the cyclothon and all of them participated under special olympics, Chandigarh banner.
The cyclothon was held as a part of Saksham 2018 which is an awareness programme for fuel & gas conservation under aegis of Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA). The cyclothon's theme was 'Cycle for health Environment & Conservation'.
"Saksham Cyclothon was organized to spread among masses the message to conserve fuel for future and to save the environment from pollution by using Cycle or public transport at least once a week. It highlighted the importance of oil conservation which in turn would lead to greener and pollution free environment," said Gagandeep Singh Sodhi, Deputy GM, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Chandigarh Retail Region & State level Coordinator - (Oil Industry) Chandigarh
The cyclothon covered a distance of seven kms, from Capitol Complex to Rock Rose Auto centre, HPCl Petrol Pump in Sector 20 here.