These streets will make you HAPPY on Sunday

  • | Friday | 15th March, 2019

Happy Streets will certainly will bring everybody out and play outdoor games in a healthy atmosphere,” hopes Harshita Mishra, a dentist.Akanksha Jha, a final-year medical student, adds, “We are really excited about Happy Streets. 30 am, the two-way road from near the CBI Office Roundabout to the Birsa Munda Football Stadium will be restricted for motorized traffic and will become Happy Streets for Ranchiites to skate, jog, meditate, practice yoga, cycle, dance, play cricket and soccer or walk around with their loved ones. All this has encouraged us to organise the event for our readers in Ranchi.Ranchi (city) SP Sujata Veenapani describes Happy Streets as “a welcome move that will help in promoting the use of non-motorized transport.” She believes that a event like this will not only bring down the number of motorized vehicles but will also play an important role in checking air pollution in the state capital.Residents in Ranchi are, too, enthusiastically waiting for Happy Streets. We will definitely enjoy playing soccer on the streets, which is something rare.” They will have to return the bicycles after the event and can carry their copies of The Times of India back home.Happy Streets is an event that provides citizens with the opportunity to reclaim their streets to create awareness and promote non-motorized transport for an environment friendly atmosphere in the city.

Ranchi: Morhabadi Maidan , one of Ranchi’s well-known centres where five chief ministers have so far taken the oath of office, will witness a festival of fitness and fun activities with the launch of Happy Streets , an initiative of The Times of India, on the street adjacent to the historic ground on Sunday.From 6.30 am to 9. 30 am, the two-way road from near the CBI Office Roundabout to the Birsa Munda Football Stadium will be restricted for motorized traffic and will become Happy Streets for Ranchiites to skate, jog, meditate, practice yoga, cycle, dance, play cricket and soccer or walk around with their loved ones. People from all walks of life can visit and attend the events, besides taking part in the fitness and health promotional events brought to Ranchi by The Times of India.The objective of the event is to reclaim streets by promoting non-motorized transport as an alternative to pollution-causing automobiles. Cycling enthusiasts attending the event need not bring in their own bicycles as they can get them by showing their copy of The Times of India, which they can carry from home or they can buy it from stalls. They will have to return the bicycles after the event and can carry their copies of The Times of India back home.Happy Streets is an event that provides citizens with the opportunity to reclaim their streets to create awareness and promote non-motorized transport for an environment friendly atmosphere in the city. The event aims at raising awareness about healthy living and improving community interaction. It will encourage citizens of all age groups to come out and relax on the streets that are usually filled with noisy, smoke-belching vehicles.Happy Streets received warm response from citizens wherever it was held earlier, be it Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad and Patna. All this has encouraged us to organise the event for our readers in Ranchi.Ranchi (city) SP Sujata Veenapani describes Happy Streets as “a welcome move that will help in promoting the use of non-motorized transport.” She believes that a event like this will not only bring down the number of motorized vehicles but will also play an important role in checking air pollution in the state capital.Residents in Ranchi are, too, enthusiastically waiting for Happy Streets. “This is truly a new concept. It will surely encourage community participation and promote health awareness. People will get a chance to exchange their ideas about healthy living,” remarks Rashmi Dubey, a Ranchi-based mathematics teacher.“These days, we hardly see kids play outdoor games. They look more interested in playing PUBG on their smartphones. Happy Streets will certainly will bring everybody out and play outdoor games in a healthy atmosphere,” hopes Harshita Mishra, a dentist.Akanksha Jha, a final-year medical student, adds, “We are really excited about Happy Streets. My friends and I plan to leave our hostel on time so that we can have maximum fun at the event. We will definitely enjoy playing soccer on the streets, which is something rare.”

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