India, Feb. 11 -- The Supreme Court has questioned the feasibility of mandating cycle tracks in all Indian cities, saying such demands were akin to "daydreaming" when millions lack access to basic necessities such as affordable housing, healthcare, and education.

"Go to any slum, find out the conditions in which people are staying. States do not have money to take care of slum dwellers, States cannot give affordable housing...When people don't have basic facilities of housing and medicines, we are daydreaming by saying that every city should have cycle tracks," said a bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan on Monday.

It refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a directive for dedicated cycle tracks across ...