• Corporate / Business CSR

HPCL organizes Saksham Cyclothon 2021 across the Country

• nationalherald
• February 3, 2021

by Prashant Kapadia/NHN

In an effort to instil socio-environmental consciousness, Petroleum Conservation and Research Association (PCRA) in association with HPCL and other Oil and Gas PSUs conducted Saksham Cyclothon 2021 across the Country on 31^st January 2021.

This year Saksham Cyclothon was conducted in around 300 cities with HPCL’s participation in over 60 cities. The major cities where this event was organized by HPCL are Visakhapatnam, Pune, Vijayawada, Raipur, Warangal, Amravati, Panchkula, etc. Hon’ble MP, Visakhapatnam, Shri MVV Satyanarayana, flagged off the event at Visakhapatnam, which witnessed a participation of over 300 citizens while Senior Government Officials, State Administration Officials, Sports Celebrities, Senior Oil & Gas PSU Officials were present during the events at other places to grace the occasion.

Saksham Cyclothon is India’s Premier Cyclothon Event, which aims to propagate the importance of Fuel Conservation and Efficient Energy Utilization, amongst the citizens of our Nation. Cycling provides economic and independent travel for those who might otherwise have their travel options restricted. It renders multi-pronged benefit starting from health to environment, economic, social and transport benefits. It contributes to the reduction of vehicular emissions by reducing congestion and improving traffic flow. It also propagates the message of reducing excessive dependency on oil.