lucknow the halfakilometrelong amsterdaminspired cycling track on kursi road provides an appropriate space to scores of vegetable vendors to do brisk business the fourmetre underconstruction lane starting at the remote sensing application centre rsac and running up till the cisf housing complex intersection is heavily encroached by vendors who say the track should be used for other purposes rather then only cycling rajaram a vegetable vendor said there is enough space to ride a cycle on the main road the government should allow this socalled cycling lane for our brisk business also besides cycling and anyway who is coming to sell vegetables at 6am vendor sukhiram said its india we can adjust to everything our small street shops wont hinder cyclists at least people will now ride a bicycle like old times to buy vegetables stuti saran a sales professional who often buys vegetables from kursi road said its really nice to see amsterdaminspired cycling tracks in our locality but i dont think it would help cyclists as street vendors will encroach the lane unless there is a barricade along the lane i dont see any hope of free lanespublic works department project manager dharmaraj yadav said the underconstruction cycling track would be free from street vendors as soon as it is completed the entire lane would be vendingfree and individuals would be penalized for any kind of commercial activity sign boards and road markings would be made to make commuters aware he added