Srinagar, June 23 -- In May 2023, our urban visionaries dropped 900 bicycles and 100 docking stations onto the streets of Srinagar - from Batamaloo to Lal Chowk - with all the pomp of a tech revolution.
Slogans flew. Ribbons were cut. Bureaucrats beamed. And Kashmir was told: "Ride into the green future!" They were also told "Burn Fat, Not Fuel".
Two years later, the only thing riding high is the embarrassment.
Rs 13 Crore Spent - Rs 4.48 Lakh Earned
Let's do the math bureaucrats hate:
All that - and what did the people of Srinagar pay back into this "public" service? A princely Rs 4.48 lakh.
That's 0.34% return. Not a typo. Just a tax-funded joke. Even Azim Premji will wonder at novelty of this profit margin!
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