GUWAHATI: Oil India Limited Pipeline Services organized the Saksham Let’s Ride Cycle cyclothons in Guwahati, Nagaon and Tezpur recently as part of Saksham 2023 Cycle Day.
In Guwahati about 400 participants from across the city, took part in the event. The venue was OIL Pipeline Headquarters campus at Narengi. The chief guest was Abhijit Borgohain, CGM, PL, Pipeline Headquarters, Oil India Limited who also flagged of the cyclothon in the presence of other senior OIL officials. The cyclists rode for a distance of around 11 km.
SAKSHAM (Sanrakshan Shamata Mahotsav), is an annual public awareness campaign initiated under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to urge citizens to participate in fuel conservation for health and environmental protection as well as to help India reduce its reliance on crude oil imports. The objective of SAKSHAM is to impress the masses for adopting fuel conservation and efficiency measures for environment protection. The theme for 2023 is Energy Conservation towards ‘Net Zero’.
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