Srinagar: A bike rally was organised by the Army close to Line of Control in Machil sector in frontier Kupwara district on Friday.
The rally saw enthusiastic participation from 28 bikers from the Kashmir Valley while six bikers from Nashik who call themselves “Cruising Godz” traversed across 2190 km through seven states to participate in this unique bike rally, Srinagar based defence spokesman said.
The rally was flagged off by General Officer Commanding Vajr Division Major General Abhijit Pendharkar from Parcham-e- Hind at Kupwara.
The GOC himself led the rally in a bike named Vajr-1 before seeing them off towards Machil.
“Overall the rally is covering a distance of 65 Km from Kupwara to the LoC in Machil Sector and is passing through exotic locales of Z Gali, Machil, Dudi and T Suntwari,” the spokesman said
The rally aims to promote spirit of adventure amongst the youths.
“It also connects the youths of Nashik with that of the Valley thus fostering national integration. Such rallies also promote border tourism and will expose exotic locales of pristine Machil Valley to tourists,” he said.