THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The inauguration of a bicycle club in Technopark on Tuesday took Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to his college days. Appreciating the green initiative of Technopark, the Chief Minister said: “I used cycle during my pre-degree days in SB College, Changanacherry.” Surprising the gathering, the CM even pedalled a short distance from Tejaswini building to the TCS office. The CM flagged off a cycle rally marking the launch of the cycle club. Around 50 techies participated in the rally. The project, titled ‘Why not cycle for a green environment?’, is a joint initiative of Technopark-based Allianz and Athi’s Bicycle Club in the city. As many as 55 cycles in Allianz’s company colours blue and white were flagged off from Thejaswini building by the Chief Minister at 5 pm. Rakesh Gupta, MD of ACIS - a company of Allianz, deliverted the keynote address. The ‘Why not cycle for a green environment?’ initiative was conceptualised by Allianz, Technopark and Technoparktoday team after taking into consideration the parking woes, pollution, traffic congestion and the sedentary life faced by employees of Technopark. Athi’s bicycle club with its unique SMS-based cycle sharing scheme has been roped in to maintain and service the cycles. Any employee at Technopark can register for free and avail the cycles at a nominal hourly rental of ` 2. There are cycles for both men and women. Five racks with 10-12 cycles each will be parked at various spots on the campus for easy access. “I hope that employees of Technopark would utilise the services to the maximum and pedal their way to good health and eco-sensibility and also have fun while doing so,” Athirup, the founder of Athi’s Bicycle Club. “With this initiative, we will take one more step to make our campus greener and decongest the park. We strongly believe that this is a great step that inspires techies to adopt eco- friendly measures in various aspects of their lives,” said Girish Babu, the recently- appointed CEO of Technopark.
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