India safe for women, says MP cyclist in city

Guwahati: Amid rising crimes against women, a 24-year-old cyclist Aasha Malviya has been pedalling across the nation to deliver a message of empowerment and ensuring the safety of women.
On Friday, Aasha met Major General RK Jha, GoC of 51 Sub Area, Narengi Military Station in Guwahati.
Malviya, hailing from Nataram village in Rajghar district of Madhya Pradesh, is on a pan-India cycle tour with an aim to ride 25,000 km covering 28 states.
So far, she has travelled 17,250 km covering 21 states starting from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on November 1 last year.
Now, she has reached Assam’s capital city Guwahati.
She has been already felicitated by the chief ministers of Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Meghalaya during her tours to those states.
“The aim of this cycling is to spread awareness on women’s protection and their empowerment because a section of women still feels scared and believes that they are not safe. Hence, I am giving a message to all the women of India that it is a safe country and women are protected. The experience of my journey has been great,” Aasha Malviya said.
She will end her journey in New Delhi on August 15 this year. AGENCIES