this project will not only promote bicycling in a big way but also will encourage environmentfriendly commuting proposed on an area of 1300 sq yards which will be provided by the south central railway this facility will rent out various models of geared and nongeared bicycles to the interested he informed that they will be involved in setting up of more such bicycle stations in the future the third category will consist of those who would like to ride the bicycle as a hobby or for fitness in the early hours or late evenings the total cost of the project is estimated to be about rs 12 crore the first one being the working population who will get down at the mmts station and hire the bicycle to ride it to work and return it after work one of the reasons for planning this station was that the software and it crowd are very enthusiastic about cycling to work the cost of hiring the bicycles will be very affordable he added the second category will be of those who will come to the area for temporary work and want to hire the bicycle for a few hours citizens can expect not just bicycle tracks on city roads in the coming days but also a oneofakind bicycle station that will come up at hitec city mmts station in madhapur by the end of this year b v manohar chairman hyderabad bicycling club said this station will cater to three categories of riders speaking about their involvement on this project n v s reddy managing director hyderabad metro rail said this is one of our initiatives as part of corporate social responsibility hyderabad the hyderabad metro rail will develop and fund the project while the hyderabad bicycling club will maintain it this twostoried station will have a parking space for 500 bicycles and apart from that it will also have food and beverage counters washrooms and locker facility for public