This brave man completed a cycle ride of 18,000 km! Encouraging others to use Kele Cycle as well as themselves!

“When you cycle, there is no air pollution and no noise pollution. When you cycle slowly, you can hear the birds, feel the mountains and valleys and really become one with the nature around you.”

This is the strong belief of ‘Sundaram Tiwari’ from Uttar Pradesh for the last four years and his message to the world.

On April 7, 2022, Sundaram Tiwari, a 27-year-old social activist from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, took his bicycle to India. His aim was to make people feel a sense of belonging and awareness of nature through his actions. In the absence of any kind of helping hand, assurance of the work undertaken, what they have done is surely nothing short of a record.

Daily cycling is beneficial for a healthy life – Navarashtra

Over the next 14 months, he covered nearly 18,000 km on his bicycle; Even through mountains and valleys, forests, deserts, cities and villages. Incidents of theft also happened with them during this journey. As he lay in a hospital bed for several days, he met several people who encouraged him to pursue his dream.

His journey stopped in June 2023. But their mission is not. Today at the age of 31, he is running a social initiative, encouraging Uttar Pradesh government employees to use bicycles for their daily commute. With his ‘Cycle to Office’ initiative, around 250 forest department employees have started using bicycles for daily use.

Cycling is very beneficial in these ailments – Navarashtra

During this four-year cycle journey, he witnessed the destruction of nature and also met people who helped him. According to him, this is not only for nature, but also for the mentality of Indians. They say that in other countries, cycling is considered good and respectable. But India has a way of looking down on a person riding a bicycle. He also wanted to break this wrong mentality.

Now his ‘Cycle to Office’ initiative is getting good response from many quarters. We should salute their lion’s share of work for nature and humanity.