Rajasthan’s ace cyclist ‘Greenman’ Narpat Singh leaves Tirupati with ‘fruitful’ memories!
The Hindu
He has covered fifteen States and four Union Territories so far, while entering Andhra Pradesh via Palamaner.
The city got greener by two saplings when ‘Greenman’ Narpat Singh Rajpurohit planted them during his Tirupati stay. The ace cyclist from Barmer (Rajasthan) is currently on what is touted as the world’s largest cycling tour for environmental protection.
His nationwide ‘Cycle Yatra’ started in Kashmir on 27 January 2019 and he has covered fifteen States and four Union Territories so far, while entering Andhra Pradesh via Palamaner.
He already covered 22,123km out of the targetted 31,000km, eyeing a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.