Mangaluru: As many as three.2 lakh villages, 2,200 towns spread across 18 states and two world territories. This is how much a 23-year-old from Mangaluru rode on his bicycle with one motto: to promote cleanliness and utilization of dustbins.
With a basic bicycle, a tricolour, some garments, a tent and just Rs 2,000 in his pockets, G Shravan Kumar from Gurupura set on his expedition from the NCR on May 5 and culminated his adventure on November 4 at Kanyakumari pedalling via Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He additionally rode via areas in Nepal and Bhutan.
“My mission used to be to promote utilization of dustbins. Throughout my adventure, I visited more than a few outlets and hawkers and stressed out on the significance of the use of dustbins. I individually monitored a couple of cases and ensured waste used to be dumped within the dustbin. Another mission is to promote unity and that’s why I've been the use of the tricolour on the bicycle,” Shravan advised TOI.
Shravan stated the journey had been a mixed bag. While he cherishes some perfect moments within the picturesque Jammu and Kashmir, where a young boy sponsored him Kahwa tea, he additionally faced few untoward incidents where crackers have been burst along his trail. Shravan additionally cherishes the 14 days he spent in Punjab and Haryana with just Rs 60. The teenager additionally has an success to boast of: During his stint, he changed into the primary Indian civilian to cycle from Pokhara to Muktinath in Nepal.
MLA is helping formative years
Just as Shravan’s bicycle were given worn out in Lucknow and he were given blanked about continuing his adventure, it used to be Dr Y Bharath Shetty, MLA, Mangaluru North, who via his contacts in Uttar Pradesh were given the teenager a new bicycle.
“Shravan hails from my constituency. Moreover, he used to be campaigning used to be Swacch Bharath. When I learnt that he used to be struggling, I decided to do my bit and hence contacted my buddies there and talented him a bicycle,” Dr Shetty advised TOI.
Shravan, who has come a full cycle across India, now advocates for a couple of things. “I need Swachh Bharath marketing campaign to be added within the college curriculum; Strict wonderful will have to be levied on those who muddle; There will have to be a legislation mandating dustbins out of doors each and every retail outlets; The executive must build public bogs at each and every 5 km. I intend to reach out to the government via Ramakrishna Mission,” he stated.
EOM/November 22
With a basic bicycle, a tricolour, some garments, a tent and just Rs 2,000 in his pockets, G Shravan Kumar from Gurupura set on his expedition from the NCR on May 5 and culminated his adventure on November 4 at Kanyakumari pedalling via Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He additionally rode via areas in Nepal and Bhutan.
“My mission used to be to promote utilization of dustbins. Throughout my adventure, I visited more than a few outlets and hawkers and stressed out on the significance of the use of dustbins. I individually monitored a couple of cases and ensured waste used to be dumped within the dustbin. Another mission is to promote unity and that’s why I've been the use of the tricolour on the bicycle,” Shravan advised TOI.
Shravan stated the journey had been a mixed bag. While he cherishes some perfect moments within the picturesque Jammu and Kashmir, where a young boy sponsored him Kahwa tea, he additionally faced few untoward incidents where crackers have been burst along his trail. Shravan additionally cherishes the 14 days he spent in Punjab and Haryana with just Rs 60. The teenager additionally has an success to boast of: During his stint, he changed into the primary Indian civilian to cycle from Pokhara to Muktinath in Nepal.
MLA is helping formative years
Just as Shravan’s bicycle were given worn out in Lucknow and he were given blanked about continuing his adventure, it used to be Dr Y Bharath Shetty, MLA, Mangaluru North, who via his contacts in Uttar Pradesh were given the teenager a new bicycle.
“Shravan hails from my constituency. Moreover, he used to be campaigning used to be Swacch Bharath. When I learnt that he used to be struggling, I decided to do my bit and hence contacted my buddies there and talented him a bicycle,” Dr Shetty advised TOI.
Shravan, who has come a full cycle across India, now advocates for a couple of things. “I need Swachh Bharath marketing campaign to be added within the college curriculum; Strict wonderful will have to be levied on those who muddle; There will have to be a legislation mandating dustbins out of doors each and every retail outlets; The executive must build public bogs at each and every 5 km. I intend to reach out to the government via Ramakrishna Mission,” he stated.
EOM/November 22
DK youth pedals 3.2 lakh villages promoting cleanliness
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