The Hindu 15.10.2013
Moily directs MCC to promote bicycles
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M. Veerappa
Moily asked the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) to promote bicycles in
the city.
Speaking at an awareness programme on
saving fuel at a petrol bunk in Balmatta here on Monday, he said the MCC
should set up cycle stands in the city and cycles could be provided at
lower rates.
He said road congestion led to petrol
wastage and pollution but traffic could not be stopped just because it
created congestion. As had been done in Japan, the city corporation
should build cycle stands. “We will give cycles,” he said, requesting
J.R. Lobo, MLA, to follow-up on the suggestion. He said that people
could travel at staggered timings. After three months, a third party
appraisal would be carried out to ascertain the effectiveness of the
initiative, he said.
He said the staff at the
Petroleum Ministry and its companies in Delhi took public transport
every Wednesday. The ministry and its officials had saved Rs. 2 crore
till now since the drive had been launched to save fuel, about five days
back.
