Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has allocated Rs.1 crore for purchasing 2,500 bicycles for students of civic schools. The initiative will not only promote cycling in the city but also benefit students.
PMC store department head said that, PMC has sanctioned Rs.1 crore for the purchase of 2,500 bicycles for boys and girls. Tenders will be floated after the Diwali vacations and they were planning to start distribution of cycles by end of January or early February next year.
Cycles will be provided to students studying in standard VII-X. All the over 10,000 students studying in these classes in municipal schools will not be getting the cycles. PMC said that, only those students whose homes are more than two kilometres from their schools will be eligible.
Source: dnaindia, Nov’13
