A group of more than 40 bikers was flagged off by Tourism minister Dinesh Dhanai as part of the Harley Davidson Tehri Adventure Rally from Dehradun on Wednesday morning. Riders from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand rode to Tehri as part of the rally organised by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board with Taurus Hospitality and Clubs, Dehradun. Speaking on the occasion Dhanai said, “Through this rally we want to spread the message that Uttarakhand is a safe destination for all tourists. We are developing new places for adventure tourism to increase employment in the state. An Adventure Tourism Festival is being organised on October 9 and 10 at the 42 kilometre long Tehri dam reservoir as part of our efforts to promote the dam reservoir as an adventure sports destination. We will continue to undertake such initiatives in the future too,” he added.
The UTDB additional CEO Shailesh Bagauli, Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam managing director Dr Anand Srivastava, additional director, Tourism AK Dwivedi and UTDB deputy director VS Chauhan among others were present on the occasion in Dehradun.
later in the day, the bikers were welcomed at New Tehri from where they departed for Mussoorie in the evening. Though about 50 bikers had departed from Dehradun for Tehri, only 40 reached here. Three bikers could not ride ahead of Chamba due to punctured tyres while seven turned back from Rishikesh.
The rest of the bikers, on reaching New Tehri, were welcomed by the district magistrate Yugal Kishore Pant. They were presented shawls and mementoes on the occasion. later, the DM, District Panchayat head Sona Sajwan and municipality chairman Umesh Charan Gusain flagged off the bikers to Mussoorie.