Ticking solutions for pollution check, Delhi sets up 50 stations for bicycle sharing

New Delhi, April 26: Want to go bike sharing? In this environment where the people are fed up with traffic and crowded scenes, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has awarded the work to develop 50 cycle stations under the “bicycle sharing” project to offer people an alternative way of commuting.

 

The cycle stations will rent cycles starting at Rs 10 per hour, from where people can drop it off at any other station. Senior officials claimed that the idea is to encourage non-motorised mode of transport. This will also provide an alternate way to control the rising level of pollution. The Delhi Master Plan 2021 has suggested cycle tracks on all roads but in the current scenario, hardly any dedicated cycle tracks can be seen across the city.

NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said that private organisations have been made a part of this project and all important places under the jurisdiction will be linked. The council is planning to link places like metro stations, office complexes, and markets etc, where the footfall is high. Connaught Place will see multiple cycle stations connecting the outer and inner circle.

The Mysuru City Corporation was the first city in the country to introduce public bicycle sharing service in 2016, followed by Chandigarh in February 2017. NDMC had conceived the project earlier this year and it was in the pipeline to get the nod from the council.

Welcoming the new initiative by the Municipal Corporation, the senior officials claimed that the initiative is quite beneficial to everyone. This will also enable the use of non polluted motors on the streets of Delhi.