Lok Sabha Question No. 1963 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: India Cycle4Change Challenge
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1963 TO BE ANSWERED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

## INDIA CYCLEACHANGE CHALLENGE

No.1963. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state

- (a) the details of the Cycle4Change Challenge" proposed and launched during the Covid-19 pandemic;
- (b) whether the Government has identified districtsl towns in the States to Iaunch this programme and if so, the detailed list of the identified city locations;
- the details of the scheme under the programme for providing cycles
- (c) (manual or electrically driven); and
- (d) whether cycles are being provided in some cities and if SO, the details
- thereof including the quantum and the pricing for electrically driven cycles?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the India Cycles4Change Challenge on 25th June;, 2020. The Challenge is open to all Indian cities with population above 5 lakhs, capital cities of StatesIUnion Territories (UTs) and Smart Cities:

As on 17th September, 2020, 107 cities have registered for the Challenge: State-wise list of cities registered for the Challenge is attached at Annexure-I: At present, participating cities are undertaking pilot projects, citizen surveys and participating in capacity building workshops related to the Challenge: (c) & (d): The India CyclesAChange Challenge aims to create extensive cycling-networks through low-cost interventions like pop-up cycle lanes and traffic-calmed or non-motorised zones. Cities could Iaunch programmes such as community-led cycle rental schemes that increase the availability of cycles to citizens and promote the usage of cycling through public events and outreach: At present, there is no provision for providing cycles to cities under the challenge:

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## Nikhil Khadse Hon'ble\_Member of Parliament

State-wise list of Cities registered for CycleAChange Challenge as on September\_2020 17th

| SI: No.   | State/UT                    |     | City           |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----|----------------|
|           | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1_  | Port Blair     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 2   | Amravati       |
|           |                             | 3_  | Kakinada       |
|           |                             | 4   | Tirupati       |
|           |                             | 5_  | Vishakhapatnam |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 6_  | Itanagar       |
|           |                             | 7_  | Pasighat       |
| 4         | Assam                       | 8_  | Guwahati       |
| 5         | Bihar                       | 9   | Bhagalpur      |
|           |                             | 10. | Bihar Sharif   |
|           |                             | 11. | Muzaffarpur    |
|           |                             | 12. | Patna          |
|           | Chandigarh                  | 13. | Chandigarh     |
|           | Chhatisgarh                 | 14. | Bilaspur       |
|           |                             | 15. | Naya Raipur    |
|           |                             | 16. | Raipur         |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar haveli      | 17. | Silvassa       |
|           | Daman and Diu               | 18. | Diu            |
| 10        | Delhi                       | 19  | New Delhi      |
| 11        | Goa                         | 20. | Panaji         |
| 12        | Gujarat                     | 21. | Ahmedabad      |
|           |                             | 22_ | Gandhinagar    |
|           |                             | 23. | Dahod          |
|           |                             | 24. | Rajkot         |
|           |                             | 25. | Vadodara       |
| 13        | Haryana                     | 26. | Faridabad      |
|           |                             | 27. | Karnal         |
|           |                             | 28. | Gurugram       |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh            | 29. | Dharamshala    |
|           |                             | 30. | Shimla         |

| 15   | Jammu and Kashmir   | 31.   | Jammu              |
|------|---------------------|-------|--------------------|
|      |                     | 32.   | Srinagar           |
| 16   | Jharkhand           | 33.   | Ranchi             |
| 17   | Karnataka           | 34.   | Bangalore          |
|      |                     | 35.   | Belagavi           |
|      |                     | 36.   | Davanagere         |
|      |                     | 37.   | Hubbali Dharwad    |
|      |                     | 38.   | Kalaburagi         |
|      |                     | 39_   | Mangaluru          |
|      |                     | 40.   | Shivamogga         |
|      |                     | 41.   | Tumakuru           |
|      |                     | 42    | Mysore             |
| 18   | Kerala              | 43.   | Kochi              |
|      |                     | 44.   | Thiruvananthapuram |
|      |                     | 45 .  | Mallapuram         |
| 19   | Lakshadweep         | 46.   | Kavaratti          |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh      | 47.   | Bhopal             |
|      |                     | 48.   | Gwalior            |
|      |                     | 49_   | Indore             |
|      |                     | 50.   | Jabalpur           |
|      |                     | 51.   | Sagar              |
|      |                     | 52.   | Satna              |
|      |                     | 53_   | Ujjain             |
| 21   | Maharashtra         | 54.   | Aurangabad         |
|      |                     | 55.   | Kalyan Dombivli    |
|      |                     | 56.   | Mumbai             |
|      |                     | 57.   | Nashik             |
|      |                     | 58.   | Nagpur             |
|      |                     | 59.   | Pimpri Chinchwad   |
|      |                     | 60.   | Pune               |
|      |                     | 61_   | Solapur            |
|      |                     | 62.   | Surat              |
|      |                     | 63_   | Thane              |
| 22   | Manipur             | 64    | Imphal             |
| 23   | Meghalaya           | 65 .  | Shillong           |

| 24   | Mizoram       | 66.   |                  |
|------|---------------|-------|------------------|
| 25   | Nagaland      | 67.   | Kohima           |
| 26   | Odisha        | 68.   | Bhubaneswar      |
|      |               | 69    | Rourkela         |
| 27   | Puducherry    | 70.   | Puducherry       |
| 28   | Punjab        | 71.   | Amritsar         |
|      |               | 72    | Ludhiana         |
|      |               | 73 .  | Jalandhar        |
| 29   | Rajasthan     | 74.   | Ajmer            |
|      |               | 75.   | Jaipur           |
|      |               | 76.   | Kota             |
|      |               | 77 .  | Udaipur          |
| 30   | Sikkim        | 78.   | Gangtok          |
|      |               | 79_   | Namchi           |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    | 80.   | Chennai          |
|      |               | 81_   | Coimbatore       |
|      |               | 82.   | Erode            |
|      |               | 83 .  | Madurai          |
|      |               | 84.   | Salem            |
|      |               | 85.   | Thanjavur        |
|      |               | 86.   | Thoothukudi      |
|      |               | 87.   | Tiruchirappalli  |
|      |               | 88.   | Tirunelveli      |
|      |               | 89_   | Tiruppur         |
|      |               | 90.   | Vellore          |
| 32   | Telangana     | 91.   | Greater Warangal |
|      |               | 92_   | Karimnagar       |
|      |               | 93 .  | Hyderabad        |
| 33   | Tripura       | 94.   | Agartala         |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh | 95 .  | Agra             |
|      |               | 96.   | Aligarh          |
|      |               | 97.   | Bareilly         |
|      |               | 98.   | Jhansi           |
|      |               | 99_   | Kanpur           |
|      |               | 100.  | Lucknow          |

|    |             | 101_   | Moradabad        |
|----|-------------|--------|------------------|
|    |             | 102 _  | Prayagraj        |
|    |             | 103 .  | Saharanpur       |
|    |             | 104.   | Varanasi         |
| 35 | Uttarakhand | 105.   | Dehradun         |
| 36 | West Bengal | 106.   | Kolkata          |
|    |             | 107.   | New Town Kolkata |

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