Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday said the state government has decided to give subsidy on the purchase of e-vehicles to encourage their useKhattar his ministers and BJP MLAs rode bicycles from the chief ministers official residence to the Haryana civil secretariat to mark the World Car Free Day WednesdayThe civil secretariat is nearly two km from Khattars official residence in Chandigarh He has cycled the distance on a few occasions in the past alsoKhattar according to an official statement said that in a bid to encourage the use of electric-vehicles the state government has decided to give subsidy on their purchaseSpeaking to reporters on the occasion the chief minister appealed to people to cycle as often as possible saying it is an affordable and environment-friendly mode of commutingThe chief minister later drove an e-vehicle from the secretariat back to his official residenceEarlier he inaugurated an awareness exhibition on e-vehicles organised at the Civil Secretariat here on the occasion of World Car Free Day People consider vehicles as a status symbol so employees and officers use vehicles as the main mode of commuting even when they stay close to their offices said the chief ministerOn the occasion Khattar called upon people to take a pledge to adopt a car-pooling system or to travel on foot or cycle to nearby placesThe chief minister also said plying of CNG buses has been encouraged in Gurgaon till now to curb pollution but now the emphasis will also be laid on running e-buses and e-autos there tooAmong those who cycled from the chief ministers residence to the civil secretariat included Education Minister Kanwar Pal Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma Agriculture Minister J P Dalal and several MLAs PTI SUN VSD TIR TIR

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 22 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday rides a bicycle along with his cabinet colleagues and MLAs from his residence to the secretariat in Chandigarh to observe World car-free day.

Chandigarh Sep 20 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will ride a bicycle from his official residence to the civil secretariat here on World Car Free Day on Wednesday according to an official statement The civil secretariat is nearly two km from Khattars official residence in Chandigarh and he had cycled the distance on a few occasions in the past According to the statement issued on Monday The chief minister will come to his office in the civil secretariat from his residence by bicycle so as to generate awareness amongst people The chief minister had said earlier that as far as possible people should use cycle to commute at least for short distances as it will help protect the environment In the 2019 assembly polls Khattar had travelled by train from Chandigarh to Karnal and then rode a bicycle to reach a polling booth to cast his vote PTI SUN SMN SMN