Meet Odisha’s Original ‘Mo Cycle’ Man | Odisha News
Bhubaneswar: Climate Change is real. It is urgent and it is happening now. Many world leaders have already realized that the future generations might not get to live in the same Earth as we do. We might be the last generation with a real opportunity to save this World but only a few are acting upon it. One such aware citizen is Rudra Samantaray of Bhubaneswar. Before Odisha Government’s public sharing cycling initiative ‘MO Cycle’ with Capital Regional Urban Transport (CRUT), this man had single-handedly started the revolution of promoting the cycling culture in the capital city.
Samantaray said, “The story goes back to 3 years ago, before the start of Raahagiri- the weekly street cultural extravaganza on Janpath. In a tie-up with Indian Oil, we got 30 cycles that were kept in six petrol pumps across Bhubaneswar. People had to submit their original ID cards to us and they could rent a cycle free-of-charge for use.” Soon, people started using the cycles for exercise while some used it to complete their daily chores. In this way, as many as 60 people used to take the bikes every day which means that each cycle was going through two sets of hands per day.
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