Title - Parking space for bicycles at metro stations

The upcoming metro rail will have space for parking bicycles in all the metro stations. Commuters with smart cards can use these free of cost to cycle to the nearby destinations and leave them later at the designated spots, said Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy on Tuesday.Participating in the ‘Heritage & peace’ bicycle ride around Hussainsagar on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, he said a modern bicycle station will be coming up at the Hi-Tec city MMTS station to begin with. About 300 bikers participated in the ride flagged off by Special Chief Secretary (Tourism) Chandana Khan. Hyderabad Bicycle Club chairman D.V. Manohar said their membership had swelled to 3,000.Mr. Reddy also inaugurated a ‘vana prasadam’ scheme at the Elders Mela at Zorastrian Club.Under the scheme, saplings of native varieties are being distributed free to citizens and organisations free by the HMR to help increase the green cover of the city.