Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to cyclist Hiralal Yadav who had cycled across the country to create brotherhood and promote social issues like save girl, prohibition and save environment. CM said that it is a big achievement of the cyclist and said that everyone should honour a person who serves the nation in this unique way.. A native of Gola police station area of Gorakhpur, 58-year-old Hiralal Yadav met CM at his official residence on Friday. CM has asked Hiralal to continue his effort particularly in UP to aware the people about environment and other evils in the society.
“A person like Hiralal is an asset for the government and society,” CM said and presented him a plant. On the occassion Hiralal appreciated the effort of the UP government to construct cycle track in big cities of the state. He also hailed the innovative idea of the CM and urged the need for people to promote cycle as a mode of transport.
Hiralal is presently on his 15th cycle yatra ‘ Sanvedna Jagriti Abhiyan’ from Jammu to Kanyakumari started on February 5 and would be completed in August next. He started his cycling from 1997 on the golden jubilee of the country’s independence and visited countries like Thailand, laos, and Combodia on bi-cycle. Interestingly, Hiralal’s wife still sells vegetables near Dahisar railway station in Mumbai city. This is the only means of earning for the family of five.