SURAT: In a step towards protection of the environment, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Saurashtra Patel Seva Samaj (SPSS) has helped 21 underprivileged kids get a new pair of wheels.
The civic body and the community body got together under Project Recycle to recycle abandoned bicycles and gift them to these kids.
Most of these kids do not have their fathers and they do not even have their own houses.
Under this initiative, SMC and SPSS plans to gift cycles to 1,000 kids.
“The happiness on these kids’ faces on getting a cycle shows the success of this project.
These students will remain fit and also help in conservation of the environment,” said Kanji Bhalala, president of SPSS.
For the project, Bhalala has appealed to the citizens to not donate money but donate their old bicycles.
The students who received the cycles pledged to plant three saplings each and nurture them.
Surat: Poor children get new pair of wheels
