The United Nations declared June 3 as World Bicycle Day to acknowledge the bicycle’s importance as a means of transport. Even as more people have embraced cycling in Kochi, it continues to be more a source of exercise or a leisure activity rather than serve a functional purpose as conveyance.
A factor is the absence of cyclist-friendly roads, which makes it an unsafe mode of transport during rush hour traffic on the city’s main roads. Aluva-based Mithradham Renewable Energy Centre seeks to change that. As part of World Bicycle Day celebrations, Mithradham has planned a cycling event pivoted around the 16.5-kilometre Pipeline Road that originates near the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) Pumping Station at Aluva and winds up near the Ernakulam South Railway Station, near the KWA Pumping Station.
