Indian Army engineers undertake cross-country cycling expedition
"The team will cover 25 000 km within 120 days and pass through all the states. The expedition will be completed in three phases " said a statement.
"In the first phase the team will cover Secundrabad-Leh and Leh-Kanyakumari. In second phase the team will take up Kanyakumari-Tezu and then Tezu to Koteshwar. And in the third phase the team will cover Koteshwar to Delhi completing the Golden Quadrilateral " the statement said.
The expedition was flagged off on August 15 from MCEME Secundrabad and reached Nagpur on August 17.
With the trip the expeditioners will aim to set a Guinness World Record for longest distance cycling in a single country Guinness World Record for fastest Golden Quadrilateral route by cycle Limca Book of Records for Fastest North-South Cycling and Limca Book of Records for Fastest East West Cycling the statement said.
--IANS vn/prs