21-year-old woman aims to create environment awareness with cycling mission

Beed, September 11

A 21-year-old woman from Yavatmal in Maharashtra recently flagged off the third phase of her plan to cycle through the districts of the state to create awareness about the environment.

Speaking to PTI on Saturday, Pranali Chitke of Punvat village, some 380 kilometres from here, said she had been cycling since October last year and had so far covered almost 12,000 kilometres across 26 districts of Maharashtra.

“The aim is to create awareness about global warming, climate change, rise in temperatures and its lasting effect of life. I am from a family of farmers and realise how all this affects out agriculture sector and the people involved in it. Through this initiative, I also want to encourage people to cycle and reduce pollutants in the air,” she said.

Among the districts she has covered so far are Yavatmal, Nagpur, Nashik, Thane, Raigad, Kolhapur, Pune, Aurangabad, Jalna and Beed. PTI