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P. Oppili The scheme on trial basis was launched at the zoo recently GET SET, CYCLE: Children using the new bicycles at the Vandalur zoo premises on Thursday. CHENNAI: A scheme under which bicycles are available on hire for visitors, including some for children, has been launched on a trial basis at the Vandalur Zoo. It was launched recently, Zoo Director P. L. Ananthasamy said. 20 vehicles introduced A total of 20 bicycles, including five for children, have been introduced at the zoo by a private bicycle manufacturer. Rs.20 an hour

As fuel prices skyrocket, a motley group of doctors in Surat has got together to circumvent the hike by forming a 'Bicycle Club'. The motto is not just 'burn rubber to stop burning a hole in your pocket'. They are hoping to spread the virtues of good health and encourage others to take to cycling. As a start, 50 members, including 25 doctors, will leave behind their gas-guzzling cars and cycle to work every day.

When I bought a bicycle to commute to work a few months ago, I didn't realise that I would be joining a band of eco-warriors who risk their lives, limbs and dignity on the streets of Delhi every day.

IN a bid to explore new ways of promoting tourism here, the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) has come out with a novel proposal to implement "Cycle Tourism" among children. According to sources, the TD has tied up with a private bicycle manufacturing company to introduce the scheme in the coming days to attract the touring kids. Under the scheme, bicycles in different sizes to suit the kids of different ages would be placed at TD outlets like Boat House and TD hotels here and they would be rented out to the children.

North Khayerbari (Alipurduar): A group of farmers from a fringe village here has been patrolling the forests for free in their spare time to keep away timber smugglers. To protect the group from confrontation with the smugglers, the forest department today provided the 24 men with uniforms complete with a T-shirt, cap, name plate, baton, torch and bicycle. "The group will get Rs 2,000 per month for tiffin,' said Ashim Chaki, the range officer of Madarihat, which comes under Cooch Behar forest division.

The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that betterment of the poor is the top priority of the state government. He launched Annapurna Yojana and laid the foundation of a Rs. 108 crore Narmada water project at Khandwa today. The Minister for Tribal Welfare and Forests Kunwar Vijay Shah presided over the function.

Sniffing pure oxygen can regenerate worn out cells ~ but there are risks involved, writes Kate Chaillat Stressed out after a hectic day and want to relax? Spare your regular booze bar this time and hit an oxygen bar for a "shoot' that will regenerate your worn out cells

Not just high on hormones, this quartet is equally charged up about saving the environment with their e-cycle, finds Ankur Jain Is your ever-escalating fuel bill giving you a heartburn? Then this gang of four Amdavadi students may just have the right solution. An alternative that will not just lighter on your pocket but also healthy and eco-friendly to boot. Meet Thor, a battery-operated e-cycle designed by Standard XI science stream students of Ahmedabad's Eklavya school

Oil, environment, lifestyle fuel Asia's 2-wheeler boom Agence France-Presse . Singapore Record high oil prices, environmental concerns, affluent lifestyles as well as the need to dodge city traffic are driving a boom in Asia's motorcycle and bicycle market, industry figures say. The rediscovery of cycling as a way to keep fit is also helping to boost demand for two-wheelers, those at a bicycle and motorcycle exhibition which runs in Singapore until Sunday said.