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Next Article » 0 Shares Dilip Merala | Updated: August 2, 2016 1:07 PM IST Home> Travel > Articles These two cyclists are pedaling from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on unique bamboo bicycles! Covering over 4,400 km, Sumeet Paringe and Prisiliya Madan are cycling to promote the cause of educating the girl child. Remember Sumeet Paringe, the cyclist who rode from Panvel to Khardung La in September 2014? After conquering the highest motorable road in the world, Sumeet is now on a far more ambitious and remarkable journey and this time, he has company. Along with 22-year old Prisilya Madan who cycled 1800 km from Panvel to Kanyakumari earlier this year, Sumeet has now begun a bicycle trip from Kanyakumari and plans to go right up to Khardung La in Jammu and Kashmir. The trip that started on July 14 is scheduled to end in Kashmir around mid-September. However, this is not just an adventure or pleasure ride. The whole initiative here is for these two amazing cyclists to promote a noble cause — education for the girl child. ALSO SEE This guy traveled 7000 miles on his cycle and this is the one most important thing he learnt The cycles Sumeet and Prisila are riding are not ordinary ones either. These bamboo-framed bicycles have been designed by the Godrej group and helps them ride close to 100 km a day. IIMPACT, a NGO that helps educate girls in rural India, is also associated with this cause. Using the crowdfunding platform fuelmydreams.com, the cyclists have raised Rs 10 lakh of the overall goal of Rs 50 lakh for this project. Sumeet is an engineer and Prisilya has completed her Masters in Computer Science. They both understand the problems faced by girls in socially and economically backward sections of society. Issues like lack of schools and gender discrimination create hindrances for educating the girl child. It is this evil they want to fight against by promoting the importance of educating the girl child. As Sumeet says, “When you educate a girl, you educate a family.”
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These two cyclists are pedaling from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on uniquebamboo bicycles!Covering over 4,400 km, Sumeet Paringe and Prisiliya Madan are cycling to promote the cause of educating the girl child.
Remember Sumeet Paringe, the cyclist who rode from Panvel to Khardung La in September 2014? After conquering the highestmotorable road in the world, Sumeet is now on a far more ambitious and remarkable journey and this time, he has company.Along with 22-year old Prisilya Madan who cycled 1800 km from Panvel to Kanyakumari earlier this year, Sumeet has nowbegun a bicycle trip from Kanyakumari and plans to go right up to Khardung La in Jammu and Kashmir. The trip that started onJuly 14 is scheduled to end in Kashmir around mid-September. However, this is not just an adventure or pleasure ride. Thewhole initiative here is for these two amazing cyclists to promote a noble cause — education for the girl child.
ALSO SEE This guy traveled 7000 miles on his cycle and this is the one most important thing he learnt
The cycles Sumeet and Prisila are riding are not ordinary ones either. These bamboo-framed bicycles have been designed bythe Godrej group and helps them ride close to 100 km a day. IIMPACT, a NGO that helps educate girls in rural India, is alsoassociated with this cause. Using the crowdfunding platform fuelmydreams.com, the cyclists have raised Rs 10 lakh of theoverall goal of Rs 50 lakh for this project. Sumeet is an engineer and Prisilya has completed her Masters in Computer Science.They both understand the problems faced by girls in socially and economically backward sections of society. Issues like lack ofschools and gender discrimination create hindrances for educating the girl child. It is this evil they want to fight against bypromoting the importance of educating the girl child. As Sumeet says, “When you educate a girl, you educate a family.”
Published: July 30, 2016 1:02 PM IST | Updated: August 2, 2016 1:07 PM IST
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The 4,400 km ride will cover 11 states, including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Haryana,Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. As of now, the two have completed the Tamil Nadu leg of their rideencountering high temperatures and stormy winds. They look strong and motivated to complete this rigorous journey for awonderful cause. Our best wishes ride with them.
Photograph courtesy: Summet Paringe Facebook page
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