To encourage the city denizens to keep Chandigarh clean and beautiful, the UT Administration on Thursday organised a ‘Bicycle rally’ in the union territory.
The rally was the part of a series of campaigns to be organized under the ongoing Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan in Chandigarh. For expanding the support for keeping City Beautiful clean, the UT Department of Environment in collaboration with Environmental NGO — Youth Innovative Society, organised ‘Bicycle Rally’ which was flagged off from Sukhna lake club parking area in the morning.
Around 200 participants of NSS units of Chandigarh, schools, Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association, participated in this rally.
The Bicycle rally was aimed at spreading the message of keeping clean and beautiful Chandigarh and to promote cycling in the city. On this occasion, BS Bhalla, UT Secretary (Environment & Forests) urged the students to convey this message of clean & Swachchh Bharat to various parts of city and to imbibe them in our day to day life.
A day before, the UT Administration had launched a signature campaign in the city to ensure public participation in the ongoing Swachchh Bharat campaign and clean Chandigarh mission.