The first edition of Yi Raipur Chapter “Cyclathon” organised on Sunday witnessed a massive participation from over 500 cycling enthusiasts ranging from children to adults in different cycling rides organised as a part of promoting Healthy lifestyle by Yi Raipur Chapter.
The event was inaugurated by Anil Kumar Rai, Director, Airports Authority of India, Raipur on Sunday. People from different age groups and diverse walks of life took part in the cycling event held under the aegis of Yi Raipur Chapter . Elite Cycling event had a track loop of 10 Kilometers race.
Marking the event, Rai said, “Cyclothon marks the start of the awareness towards promoting healthy lifestyle and the city marks a wonderful setting for such cycling event and it is exciting and wonderful to see a large turnout.” Amitava Ghosh, Chair, Yi Raipur Chapter said, “Cycling is a healthy activity and we are making efforts to promote the culture of cycling among families and friends, we thank the people of Raipur for their support to the Yi Raipur Chapter Cyclothon”.
Abhishek Agrawal, Co-Chair, Yi Raipur Chapter said that, “We are truly happy to see so many enthusiastic participants coming together for the first year of Cyclothon.’’ The movement has truly gathered momentum and is reflective in the large number of participants. We wholeheartedly thank all the participants for their support and also thank the Raipur Traffic & Police Administration for making this event even more memorable and cheerful, he said.
The Cyclathon was supported and organised by the active participation of all Yi Raipur Chapter Members. This initiative by CII Yi Raipur Chapter aims to promote Raipur as a clean and a green city with people motivated to adopt cycling as not only an exercise activity but also to promote cycling as a mode of transport , travelling short intra city distances amongst beautifully landscaped roads within the city .
The Yi Raipur Chapter will keep organising such events from time to time to encourage the people of all ages to use the bicycles as a mode of transport being most environment friendly and economical mode as also the need of the hour in the global warming era.