| Photo Credit: Special Arrangementmore-inFour women constables from the Chittoor district unit of the Andhra Pradesh police cycled 1,250 km as part of a mission to encourage women in distress to visit the police station. The 45-day ‘cycle yatra,’ which began on October 24 and covered 57 tehsils of Chittoor district, ended on Wednesday after 45 days. During their cycle rally, awareness programmes were organised in nearly a hundred locations, covering both urban and rural areas. Ms. Tirumala said that she had postponed her marriage in order to participate in the cycle yatra. Ms. Nagaratna said that initially, she had misgivings about joining the ‘cycle yatra’.

Source: The Hindu December 07, 2017 19:42 UTC