Muzaffarnagar :

Taking a step towards ending VIP culture and spread the message among other officials in the district, additional district magistrate (ADM) of Muzaffarnagar, Harish Chandra, is trying to set an example here.

Chandra not only commutes by bicycle from his home to office and other places for official meetings, but also completes his daily chores on it. He also never has security personnel with him.

A 1997 batch provincial civil services (PCS) official, 40-year-old Chandra had taken to riding a bicycle during his previous stint in Saharanpur as well. On seeing the ADM take a bicycle to work, the district bar association president, Thakur Anup Singh, also appealed to his associates to start using bicycles instead of travelling by cars or buses in a bid to reduce pollution. “I will soon put a proposal to bring bicycles while coming for the bar meeting,” he said.

“I use the bicycle even for my daily chores. It saves time and fuel,” said ADM Chandra.

Advocate Firoz Rana, who has a chamber only 100 yards away from the ADM office, said, “I know many my associates would like to bring the bicycle to work. I am sure in the coming days they will also use it.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Meerut News / by Mohd Dilshad / TNN / November 29th, 2017