Chingari powered by $GARI, celebrates World Bicycle & Environment Day in association with Thane Municipal Corporation ...

*Chingari powered by $GARI*, in association with *Thane Municipal Corporation* celebrated World Bicycle and Environment Day today. Chingari's creators rode bicycles sponsored by COO Rides, from destination A- Vartak Nagar to the event destination B- Swargya Dada Kondake Amphitheatre, Thane. 

A distance of 5kms was covered by the cyclists to reach the event destination. Through this activity the, Chingari creators and team wanted to celebrate a cleaner and happier environment under Chingari's campaign #WheelsofChange- and spread across the message that 'Not only our health but the health of our environment will be much better with the use of bicycles'

The event was attended by dignitaries like:

*Ms. Namrata Bhosle- Jadhav - Ex-corporator, TMC*

*Mr. Deepak Salvi, Co-founder & COO, Chingari App*

*Mr. Vivek Dubey, Director of upcoming Marathi Film- Funeral*

Star Cast of the movie including: *Aroh Velankar, Siddhesh Pujare & Tanvi Barve*

The movie is about the ordinary life of four friends, which takes an interesting turn when one of them decides to start a business in funeral management. Hira (Aroh Velankar) finds unique ways for people to bid goodbye to their loved ones.

Speaking on the efforts and ideation put behind conducting this event celebrating our environment, *Sumit Ghosh, CEO & Co-Founder, of Chingari*, said, “Climate crisis is a global concern and an issue that needs massive attention and redemption plans such as planting more trees, recycling, water preservation etc., and as a youth centric creator platform, we are providing a stage for our creators to spread social awareness through their videos, on things that matter the most. Our creators have audiences of 150M+ Indians, who can benefit from these videos and can start acting towards protecting our environment. Our objective has always been to uplift the society and create awareness around social issues and #WheelsofChange is also a step towards the same.  We believe that this activity will instill the idea for the need for environment preservation amongst the people of the country.”

*Mr. Vikas Krishna Repale, Ex-Corporator, TMC* said, "Thane Municipal Corporation has been constantly working towards making the region cleaner, greener and a healthier place for the residents of Thane. On World Bicycle and Environment Day, we decided to associate with Chingari App to celebrate our environment by using bicycles and keeping it pollution free. Oxygen being the most important element of our environment, we also pledged to plant more trees in the area, and gave every event attendee a plant to grow in their vicinity. We support all such initiatives taken in the direction of protecting our future (Environment), and wish team Chingari all the best in all their future endeavours towards other social causes."

Chingari App in order to spread massive awareness through their campaign #WheelsofChange, conducted similar events across 5 other cities in India, including Bangalore, Kanyakumari, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana and Hyderabad and witnessed a participation of over 150+ creators to celebrate this activity with immense enthusiasm.

Reporter - Shahid Alam