A Cycle Rally for a Noble Cause against the Female Feticide

To support a noble cause, cyclists pedalled 2300 km, spreading the message of ‘Save the girl Child’. Firefox Bikes supported the rally and the cause. After pedaling 2300 km, Shri Datta Patil (International Cyclist) and Sudhir Patil, from the International Cycle Academy who embarked on a cycle rally from Sangli to Panipat from 22nd April 2012, reached New Delhi on their way campaigning against female Feticide and save the girl child. As a part of this noble cause, 15 boys and 15 girls have enrolled themselves to pedal a distance of 2500 km covering a total of 18 cities.

The aim of the rally is to spread the message against female feticide to save the girl child. These 30 children are covering cities like Karad, Satara, Pune, Ahmadnagar, Malegaon, Chahsgaon, Dulia, Shurpur, Sendava, Devas, Shahjapur, Guna, Shivpuri, Gwalior, Dolpur, Agra, Mathura, reach Delhi and would start for their culmination point in the city of Panipat as an endeavor to spread the strong message to the remotest of corner of India. Touching Delhi today these children were welcomed by Mr. Shiv Inder Singh, Managing Director, Firefox Bikes Pvt. Ltd, “Firefox is honored to be associated with this cause; it is very important that each one of us play a positive role in saving the girl child.

Firefox would continue to support causes for the betterment of the society.” Firefox Bikes encouraged the children and cyclists by providing them monetary support as well as support at all Firefox bike station across India in the maintenance of their cycles from time to time and refreshment where-ever Firefox Bikes Stations are present on the route. Shri Datta Patil said, “We are very overwhelmed by the response of people accepting girls in villages.  We will continue to encourage and keep the momentum going for this noble cause.”