Amid the ongoing pandemic and subsequent lockdown last year, we witnessed how India's pollution level went down. Among the other things ...
Amid the ongoing pandemic and subsequent lockdown last year, we witnessed how India's pollution level went down. Among the other things that affect the well-being of a healthy environment is the emission from vehicles that run on oil. However, bicycles, compared to other vehicles, are simple, do not require oil to function (hence zero-emission), sustainable, convenient, environment friendly, and healthy. There are people in bigger cities who ditch their cars and cycles to work to run errands. Many back home, including celebrities have also been doing it too. On World Bicycle Day which was on June 3, celebs share a childhood memory of their first bicycle and also encourage people to use this mode of transport as much as possible.
Mrunal Jain
My childhood
memories will be incomplete if I don’t talk about how I learnt to ride a
bicycle. It was for us our key to freedom; we could go anywhere we wanted to on
a cycle. I remember falling down a number of times and of course, injuring my
hands and knees but I was too happy to learn than give up. I got my first cycle
when I was around 10. Owning a cycle was an achievement during those times. We
didn’t realize how healthy cycling was back then. Even now I devote at least an
hour to cycling every day as there are no gym workouts happening. Cycling on a
regular basis helps me stay in shape. It creates zero pollution and is, therefore,
environment-friendly. I just hope we use more of this mode of transport in the
coming days.
Arun Mandola
One of my
fondest childhood memories of riding a cycle was when I finally mastered the
art of balancing. As a child I could never imagine how that is possible, how
people did that. My father taught me how to ride a bicycle. I fell down several
times and hurt myself. Cycling to the nearby grocery shop to buy essentials or
competing with friends as who is the fastest on wheels made us feel victorious.
In foreign countries there are cycle tracks for those who use that mode of
transport, I wish to see that all over India. We can actually reach our nearby
destinations by cycling via those tracks. Along with reducing pollution levels,
this will also help in easing traffic congestion.
Prateik Chaudhary
As a child,
learning to ride a bicycle was the biggest challenge for me and once I could I
felt no less than a king. I used to take care of my cycle, clean it every day.
My cycle was like my friend and a part of my family. Nurturing it with machine
oil and towel to make it shine now and then was my favourite activity. Bicycles
can be used to travel from one place to another and is the easiest and
eco-friendly mode of transportation. I wish India to have more cycle tracks and
hope more and more people use them on a daily basis to reduce pollution and
traffic congestion. Cycling evokes positive feelings and is an easy exercise as
well.
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