Bhubaneswar, Nov 14 (UNI) Braving the inclement weather conditions cycle enthusiasts participated in a cyclothon from KIIT Square to the top of the Sikharchandi Hills, a biodiversity hot spot in the capital city today.

The cyclothon was organized by Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) to promote non-motorised transport (NMT) in a bid to make the city clean and green.



Today’s event was organized in association with Pantaloons and Malva.



More than 70 people participated in the event, with an objective to make the netizens aware of the environmental pollution as the National Capital Region (NCR) is facing the worth pollution ever and three of India’s cities are lining up in the list of 10 most polluted cities of the world.

With the air quality index (AQI) in many cities in India reporting scores on the higher side, the State Capital is doing all its best to promote NMT and especially, cycling among the citizens.



Bhubaneswar Smart City has adopted a series of initiatives and developed several cycle tracks under the NMT Priority Network to make Temple City a livable and environment-friendly,

Also, the awareness drives under the Cycles4Change Challenge the city is organizing a series of activities to promote cycling.



BSCL sources said the city is also planning to have exclusive public transport zones where people could access only public transport as the city is all set to make NMT philosophy its mainstay for urban transport.

In the past also the Temple City has organized NMT-based events like Rahagiri and Patha Utsav in a big way.

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