Cycling for better health & environment
To promote the eco-friendly mode of travelling-bicycles-and generating awareness among the denizens of Delhi, Delhi YuvaKannadigas participated in “Hero Cycles India Cyclothon 2011”on Oct. 9th.
The 20 km GMR Amature Ride was started from Parliament Street with over 5000 cyclists through Connaught Place, Janpath, Rajpath and Vijay Chowk before returning to the spot of origin.
Samrat, Sunman, Pradeep, Srinivas, Sachin and Abhishek yuvakannadigas have successfully participated in the ride to spread awareness among the youth to focus on Climatic Change and growing air pollution.
This environment friendly ride was participated by around 4000 cyclists of various age groups from around the globe.
The event was held under the aegis of Cycling Federation of India (CFI) and promoting the cause of cycling and a greener environment. Among others Formula One racer Narain Karthikeyan, IOA President VK Malhotra, CFI chief PS Dhindsa, Hero Motor were present.
Few Advantages of Cycling
STAY HEALTHY & FIT
Cycling is a great way to stay healthy and fit. It helps you to prevent heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and depression. If done regularly on a moderate scale, cycling will also help you to reduce stress, sleep better, and feel better overall.
SAVE MONEY
With rising fuel, parking, and automobile costs, using private motor vehicles are more expensive than ever. Since a large number of our daily trips are less than 5-kms, there is a substantial amount of short-distance travel to work, shopping, school, and recreation that can be taken by bicycle to save on travels costs and time.
REDUCE EMISSIONS
Motor vehicles create a very high amount of air pollution causing carbon emissions and many respiratory diseases and other health problems. Leaving the car at home and using bicycle as an alternative transportation at least once a week can also reduce significant greenhouse gas emissions and asthma cases in our city.
REDUCE CONGESTION & TRAFFIC JAM
For every trip taken by cycle, there is one less motor vehicle on the road. More children are cycling to school, and more adults choosing to cycle instead of drive, can help reduce unnecessary vehicular congestion and traffic jams on our roads, particularly during peak-hours.
REDUCE DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUEL
Our oil addiction is expensive and forces us to rely on imports of foreign petroleum. India imports more than 80% of its petroleum needs and spends thousands of crores every year. Besides, scientists all the over the world have predicted that fossil fuels won't last forever. Using bicycle along with walking and public transport as much as possible to commute within the city can help us bring down our consumption of petrol and diesel dependency and reduce our dependency on oil import substantially.
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