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Himachal’s Cycle Rally: Promoting
Environmental Protection
Himachal Pradesh is among the "Cycling is a very eco-friendly,
favorite destinations for a large nature-friendly and environment
number of people to beat the friendly activity. From the
heat and enjoy nature’s beauty. beginning, it was our complete
But the state is not untouched belief and passion that if we
by the menace of pollution and promote cycling in our beautiful
waste accumulation. Moreover, state, we will develop a good
increasing number of motor
culture for not just tourism,
vehicles on the plying the hilly
but also for transportation and
roads is further harming the state’s sport. I strongly believe that if we
natural environment. Thus, in the
encourage the youth towards
year 2004, the founder of HASTPA
cycling, then in coming times,
(Himalayan Adventure Sports and
Tourism Promotion Association), these young people will stay away
Shri Mohit Sood started the from intoxication and enjoy a
MTB cycle rally to promote the healthy lifestyle. The campaign
natural beauty and environment that we have started also is in line
protection, and boost tourism in with 'FIT India', which is a flagship
the region. program of the Government of
India."
The cycle rally has not only been
an event where renowned cyclists Shri Mohit Sood further expressed
from across the globe participate, his thanks to the Prime Minister
but it has also given various Narendra Modi for mentioning their
national-level cyclists. initiative and said that it has filled
The team of Doordarshan, talked them with more zeal and passion
to Shri Mohit Sood to know more to work towards the initiative which
about his initiative: they started 18 years back.
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