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No Bike rides to Colleges on OMR!

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 Taking a ride on OMR can be exhausting or cool depending on the traffic and climate. At times it is fatal too , there are quite a number of accident cases in OMR in recent times.The most recent  one was when two engineering students died on the road when their bike hit a lorry.
These kind of incidents have made officials in engineering colleges to ban students riding bike to their colleges. No more can students have a bike ride to engineering colleges on OMR , they will be asked to go home or bring their parents to re enter  college again. This comes strict on the students who rely on bikes to come to college.
                     The alternate transport suggested to students is to take public transport.There are a huge number of buses plying on OMR daily , so waiting for transport would not be a major concern.There is no need to pay toll tax if one takes public transport which should save money.But the congestion and travel hours are a big concern indeed.Anyways nothing is worth a human life , so this should be a welcome move by the officials.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2013 at 9:21 PM

    Toll for bikes??

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  2. VijaySeptember 19, 2013 at 10:58 PM

    Sorry for that, toll is for private transport but not bikes

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    i was just kidding. sorry. anyways thanks for your reply...

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  4. VijaySeptember 21, 2013 at 7:56 AM

    you are welcome ..

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