Raj Phanden, an ayurvedic doctor from Haryana (with bicycle) with members of various youth groups, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

Phanden aims to cover two lakh kilometres on his bicycle and cover the world by 2026. Till now, he has covered around 11,000 km across 16 states in India and Sri Lanka. He will visit Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Birthplace Museum on Thursday and move on to Bengal. Members of various youth groups felicitated Phanden in the city. In a move to educate people on environmental issues and encourage them to become green ambassadors to save the planet, Phanden started a 10-year bicycle expedition at Bhuna in Fatehbad district of Haryana on September 5 last year.

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