Mega Cycle Rally on Feb 7

Vijayawada: The Andhra Bicycling Club, in association with Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC), will organise a Mega Cycle Rally from Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium on February 7, to create awareness about the importance of cycling and also to motivate the youth about the usage bicycles.

Taking to the newsmen here on Thursday, the club president and managing director of Andhra Hospitals, Dr PV Ramana Murthy, said that there was need to save environment and create pollution-free atmosphere in the Vijayawada city as it was designated as the part of the Amaravati capital.

People in the modern day life had been customised themselves to travel in their two-wheeler or four-wheeler vehicles for shorter distances. Cycling would not only help people in staying healthy but it would also help in reducing pollution, he said.

Ramana Murthy also exhorted that every individual should feel responsible and make a habit of using bicycle once in a week to stay fit. The rally would highlight the need of usage of public transportation systems to save the renewable resources and money, he said.
Certificates and T-Shirts would be provided to the enthusiasts interested to take part in the mega rally, he added.

For further details interested candidates can enroll their names at the counters established at IGMC Stadium and Andhra Hospitals. One can also get the details through contacting on the phone numbers 9440978939 and 8502952345, he said.

The Andhra Cycling Club founder Thummala Padma, vice-president D Siva Kumar, convener V Sudhakar Chowdary, secretary V Satyanarayana and co-convener V Krishna Prasanna were also present at the news conference.