Commissioner launches free cycle workshop campaign
Chandigarh, October 10:- Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh-cum-CEO, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. today launched free cycle workshop campaign from the new underpass, Sector 17. Sh. Anil Kumar Garg, Additional Commissioner, office bearers from RWA’s (CRAWFED & FOSWAC), officials of CSCL and various bicycling groups of the city were also present during the workshop.
While briefing about the campaign, the Commissioner said that the objective of the workshop is to make the participants aware about the progress of the city for the Cycle for change challenge. He said that month long campaign was launched from today during which free cycle repair workshops will be conducted sectorwise in coordination with NGOs and RWAs to promote cycling in the city. He said that as a part of this a cycle rally will be organised at New lake, sector 42 on 11th October at 7.00 am onwards.
In this regard, a presentation was made by the CSCL official and explained about the citizen’s engagements being done so far and handlebar survey identifying the pain points for the cyclist. Also the analysis of the feedback of the citizen’s surveys was told by the officials. It was also informed that the Chandigarh shall soon be gearing up for launch for pilot project with 10 docking station at prominent locations and 100 bicycles.
In the workshop, 2 sessions were undertaken. In one of the session, the participant was disseminated with information related to respiratory recovery. This useful session was taken by Dr. Anish Garg (Member, CRAWFED). The objective of the session was to make people aware on how their body react during cycling and how to manage it without any external help. Effective breathing vis-à-vis respiratory function of the body is very important during longer run on the bicycle. By adopting of the techniques as discussed in the workshop, people will be able to undertake longer run on their cycle and contribute to the society and also to their health.
Second session was undertaken by a bicycling enthusiast, who shared is experience in under water bicycling and climbing Mount Everest. The presenter was Mr. Daljinder Singh (Punjab Police), also a Limca Book of Record among other distinctions. The session was an inspiration to the participants and go a long way towards achieving the objective of the city.
Further, the city has announced Best Photo & Video Challenge for the citizens of Chandigarh to participate and showcase their creativeness. The details are available on social media platform such as CSCL website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter page. The residents are encouraged to participate and show their spirit.
