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Bicycle-sharing project to be launched in Chandigarh on Dec 10

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Chandigarh, December 1

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After many delays, the bicycle-sharing project is finally set to start on December 10. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore is expected to launch it from Rock Garden.

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It is started as a pilot project under the Cycles4Change Challenge. It will have cycles on an half-hourly payment basis.

Chandigarh is one of the 95 cities in the country taking part in the challenge designed to make city dwellers cycle-friendly and increase zero carbon mobility. It will be launched with 25 docking stations and 250 bicycles.

It is a trial before lunching all 5,000 bicycle/e-bikes at 617 docking stations. Initially, 100 bikes will be made available at 10 stations. Later, it will be doubled in another 10 days.

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The delayed project will have docking stations at the railway station, bus stands, markets, Panjab University, the PGI, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Sukhna Lake, Rock Garden and other prominent public places. — TNS

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