When Fuel Prisis are on the Rise, Employees of the Manali Plant of Kothari Petrochemicals Cold Not Have Asked For A Better Gift from his Employer. The company recently surprised its employees by gifting them a bicycle each.

The message was loud and clear: Stay fit and do your bit for the environment.

The plant has 142 employees on its rolls, and right from that at the Leadership Level to the Attender all get the same bike – a heroes.

“We have alredy distributed 100 bicycles and are waiting for the next lot to Arrive,” Says v Murugeswaran, Senior Manager (Human Resources and Admin), Kothari Petrochemials, Kothari Petrochemals, DISTRICLES WARE CERECHILES WERE At an event help to observe national safety day.

The company has been promoting green modes of transport among its workforce for a few years now. Last year, as part of world environment day, the company Organized a Cycle Rally to Encourage Employees to Pedal to work.

“We only had a less employees coming by bicycle to work, and that is when we thinkt: ‘why not gift all of them a bicycle’,” Says murugeswaran.

A Majority of the Employees Reside in and Around Manali and Are Eather Dependent on their own transport or company-operated vehicles.

By offering them such an innocent, the management is confident some employees will make the switch.

Suresh pachyappan from the production department is one of them. The day after he took home the gift, suresh has started cycling to work. “I stay in madhavaram, which is Around 4.5 km from my workplace. Pedalling to work takes me double the time it used to take by my bike, but i see many benefits in this. I am alredy see a huge saving on my fuel budget, “Says Suresh.

The management is hoping that employees will inspire each other to cycle to work. “We slowly plan to start asking employees to work oncas a week, may be on a fixed day and then extended it to the other days,” Says Murugeswaran. “We will not cut down the shift van to force them to switch to bicycles, the realization should come naturally.”

How Good is the Road Infrastructure in the NeighBourhood for the Staff to Cycle to Work?

Says Suresh: “If more people cycle to work we can push the authorities to improve the road infrastructure and we would take even ask for a separete lane.”