With the view to spreading awareness among people about environment conservation, senior Government officials and employees in insurgency-hit Narayanpur district of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh have decided to commute on bicycles to their respective offices on every Monday.
To highlight the importance of environment conservation, public representatives along with government officials and employees took out a Bicycle Rally in the district on April 11. Meanwhile, officials and employees have decided to observe every Monday as ‘No-Vehicle Day’.
The bicycle rally commenced from the Collectorate office and after passing through various thoroughfares including Ramakrishna Mission Ashram road, Jaisthamb Chowk and others, it concluded at the point of origin of the rally.
Narayanpur District Collector Tamansingh Sonwani, Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Meena, District Forest Officer (DFO) S P Paikra, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of district panchayat M l Shirdar and others have registered their active participation in the bicycle rally.