HYDERABAD: They say all glory comes from daring to start. Mareddy Narendra Reddy, a scientist at CSIR in Hyderabad, started off by cycling five kilometres and today he has peddled his way to create a record of cycling up to 2,000 km. It all started as an act of spreading awareness to the world on healthy and pollution-free environment. Narendra also cycled in snow covered mountains of Himachal Pradesh on behalf of Telangana government for a week.
A native of Amarachintha Mandal of Mahbubnagar, Narender is a product of Amarachintha ZP High School. Later, he graduated from Gadwal Government College, after majoring in M Pharmacy, he moved to Hyderabad for work.
“I was passionate about cycling. I cycle every day and this led to the thought of promoting the cause,” he says. Narender began his journey by cycling five kilometres initially. With lot of hardwork and determination, he achieved the targets of cycling up to 25 kilometres. He then enrolled himself as as member of Adoox France Cycling Association.
Thanks to the consistent practise which led to him succeeding in creating a record. Telangana state government selected him for the Himachal Pradesh cycling Competition, an event organised to highlight the harm being done to the snow glaciers due to sound pollution and other environmental hazards.
A total of 18 cyclists took part in the event from different states. Speaking to Hyderabad Express on his Himachal Pradesh experience, he said, “I have cycled on the mountains of the Himachal Pradesh which were above 100 meters of the sea levels. The journey lasted for 150 km . This 100 km journey was full of adventures as it was undertaken in completely unfavourable conditions.”
Reddy went on to state that the marathon helped them to promote prevention of plastic use in the state by visiting tourists.