NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – In a bid to cope with rising pollution, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that his government will organise ‘Car-Free Day’ across the capital on January 22.
Addressing a gathering at an event of ‘Car-Free Day’, he maintained that he would use bicycle to his office that on January 22.
He said, “On January 22, we will organise Car-Free Day across Delhi.
I appeal people to go to their offices by cycle or public transport on that day. I will also go to my office on cycle on January 22.”
He urged the masses to forego cars and opt for cycle or public transport to go to their offices.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Delhi government presently holds Car-Free Day on separate stretches in different areas on the 22nd of every month.
On Sunday, event in Dwarka area kicked off with a cycle rally led by chief minister Kejriwal while Members of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) Officers’ Association also participated in the cycle rally.