Police stop the second race in which thousands of locals were participating near Gandhi Circle as the organisers hadn't taken the necessary no-objection certificate (NOC) from the city admin.
The much-hyped Jaipur leg of Tour de India, which is being branded as world’s second biggest cycling event, did not get off to a smooth start.
The organisers had put up big banners and advertised the route’s map, hadn’t taken no-objection certificate (NOC) from the city administration for part of the route where the race was taking place.
The Jaipur leg race of Tour de India was scheduled to be held from Albert Hall to Jawahar Circle.
The first race event of the day which began at 7 am concluded successfully. Seventy international cyclists took part in the first race.
But when the second race of thousands of local participants began from Gandhi Circle towards the Police Memorial crossing, the police officials intervened as the authorities hadn’t taken the necessary NOC. Also there were only a few spectators en route the race.
“We had to stop the cyclists near Gandhi Circle when they were moving towards the Police Memorial as the organisers couldn’t produce the NOC for the further events. However, when they requested, we permitted only around 100 metres of cycling for the participants,” a police official told dna.
Around 3,000 local participants who had prepared themselves for the race got disappointed, a participant said. This is not the first time the lack of communication between authorities and organisers has come to fore.
Earlier in the Mumbai leg of the event, there were discrepancies galore. In Mumbai, the cyclists stopped on Bandra-Worli sea-link where the race was being held to click photographs. This resulted in a brawl between participants and onlookers. However, during the international event, an Indian cyclist clocked the best time and was adjudged the winner. Two Malaysian cyclists bagged second prize. Subsequent racing events would continue on Wednesday. “The international racing events went well in which 70 international cyclists participated. Indians clocked the best time. I don’t know about the rest of the event as CFI is only responsible for the international cycling events,” said Omkar Singh, secretary general, Cycling Federation of India.
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