New Delhi, Dec 6 (ANI): A delegation of Non-Motorised Transportation (NMT) with special emphasis to promote 'cycling' as a mean to overcome the issues of transfix congestion, life style diseases, pollution and daily commuting challenging called on Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari here on Tuesday.
The delegation that was led by Member of Parliament Tarun Vijay appealed Vice President Ansari to encourage cycling in urban India and one way was to set up city level NMT Cells with specific targets to promote cycling.
Promoting cycling has now become an urgent need to meet the key challenges faced by people living in Urban India.
The urban India has seen tremendous growth and development over last decade, but the development had also brought the above-mentioned significant challenges for the majority of population living in urban India.
These challenges are only expected to multiply with time unless proper steps are taken on an urgent basis. It has been found out through focus groups and market research in Gurgaon that 78 percent of daily commuters in Gurgaon and 59 percent of metro users in Delhi belonging to low to middle income group, are willing to shift to cycling provided there is a cycle infrastructure like cycle parking and cycle lanes. (ANI)
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