Sir,

The news item titled ‘Trin Trin green ride to go off the road’ in Star of Mysore dated Oct. 30 is indeed disappointing and shocking news for regular users of these bicycles.

Most of them used these cycles for morning cycling for exercise and some of the working class used them to go to work, which is also an eco-friendly and less expensive mode of transport. With the increase in bus fares, it is a better and cheaper mode of transport for the regular working class.

If the private agency which was maintaining these cycles felt that the maintenance cost of these Trin Trin e-cycles was high, it could have handed over to some other company to continue the contract of maintaining these bicycles.

Long back, when P.S. Vastrad was the Deputy Commissioner, he had instructed all the Government staff to come to the office by cycle every Monday. On behalf of all cycle lovers, we request to retain or bring back these Trin Trin cycles, which are benefiting many users.

Let us encourage more cycling and make Mysuru less traffic-congested and pollution-free.

—Yadav Raghavan

Yadavagiri

5.11.2026