while you probably enjoyed your morning coffee on sunday morning a bunch of mumbaikars strapped on their seatbelts for an adventurous ride through the city but this was no usual trail on wheels the group had got together to zoom off on a special ecotreasure hunt conducted in electric cars with pollution and global warming being bandied about so much today the aim was to get city folks to reduce the carbon footprint while also adding having fun heres what happenedready steady flag offthe ladies get ready for the sporty eventthe ladies get ready for the sporty eventby 10 am the participants met up at a restobar near the stock exchange fort after a round of introductions it was time for a briefing about the unique treasure hunt participants were divided into nine teams each getting a visual clue an illustration plus a poetic clue in all 18 spots were on the agenda each team had to cover six spots depending on the trail that they were assignedorganiser bharat gothoskar explained the idea behind the format he said the maximum city that is mumbai also has the maximum stories our streets and nooks each have their own history people have been doing walks and trails to learn about the citys heritage this time mumbaikars did so using ecofriendly electric cars we all talk about pollution levels in mumbai and how something must be done about it but its time to get out and do something that reduces the carbon footprint such events not only add fun to ones day but also let folks appreciate the citys legacy nice way to discover south mumbaipassing by the taj colaba passing by the taj colabafor many it was the first time they tried something like this says fayeza hafizee i do like driving and i thought that this would be something different to do real estate executive harshal savla admits it was the novelty that lured him i have a curiosity for electric cars and i was looking to book one around the same time when i heard about the car treasure hunt i jumped at the idea it was also a nice way to discover south mumbai from khar he grins ruchik gandhi of a community of road trippers who spearheaded this says there is a huge need for us to expand the definition of leisure electric cars are certainly the future so this is an apt way to get the message across of reducing the carbon footprint and we had carefully selected the clues to show monuments related to transport electricity and ecological conservationmaps and clues on wheelsdeciphering a clue in the cardeciphering a clue in the carkanchan tahiliani homemaker from goregaon learnt of the event via facebook i love solving mysteries and when you hear the word treasure hunt it seems exciting so i signed up she admits she teamed up with an army couple and says the hunt was a mixed bag it was tricky and easy too we