Aizawl: A 48-year-old man from Mizoram has scripted historical past and set a report by changing into the primary amongst Mizos to finish an arduous biking expedition pedaling over 1,500 km to achieve Kolkata from Mizoram’s capital Aizawl.
The report got here barely a 12 months after a 55-year-old man from Kolkata, Parimal Kanji, surprised the nation when he toured the periphery of India to cowl over 15,000 km on a bicycle.
Whereas Kanji’s mission was dream-driven, C. Lalawmpuia, a widely known businessman from the guts of Aizawl metropolis, has a function together with his biking expedition.
“My motive is to encourage the Mizo youths and the middle-aged males to take up and take curiosity in biking or journey sports activities for bodily well being, to indicate them that lengthy biking expedition isn’t just for foreigners or non-tribals however Mizo tribal can even do it in the event that they actually take up biking as sports activities and journey,” the self-disciplined and health-conscious bicycle owner stated.
He additionally needed to indicate that individuals of his age are energetic in the event that they abstain from alcohol, tobacco and different substance abuse. He stated that middle-aged males are match for adventurous sports activities in the event that they deal with their well being.
“The Mizos aren’t any much less able to biking and adventurous sports activities than others,” the jubilant bicycle owner stated.
With the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic paralysing regular life in Mizoram for fairly a very long time since 2020, life has not solely grow to be boring however fruitless for an adventurous individual like Lalawmpuia, who has a ardour for journey aside from his enterprise.
With the intention to encourage others, he determined to go for a protracted biking expedition and began amassing his necessities in November final 12 months. He took at the very least three months in preparation for the tour.
After cautious thought, he finally selected Kolkata as his vacation spot, as a result of the Mizos have had an emotional attachment to the Bengal’s capital since a lengthy time, he stated.
Lalawmpuia, who’s fondly referred to as ‘Maawma’, mounted his bicycle and started wheeling in direction of his vacation spot from his dwelling at Dawrpui locality in Aizawl on January 26.
After 15 days of arduous biking, he reached his ultimate vacation spot Kolkata on Tuesday (February 15) round 3 pm, overlaying 1,575.42 km in about 100 hours.
Lalawmpuia, a father of three youngsters, stated he had night-hold or recesses in at the very least 14 cities in Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal earlier than he reached his ultimate vacation spot.
He didn’t face a lot hassle throughout his 15 days journey, he stated.
“After 15 days of biking, I lastly reached my vacation spot Kolkata. Thank God I’ve completed it. Historical past has been made for the Mizos,” he posted on his Fb timeline after reaching Kolkata.
He claimed that he’s the primary amongst Mizos to have coated over 1,500 km distance on a biking expedition to achieve Kolkata.
Lalawmpuia is a businessman by occupation and owns the ‘Aizawl Watch Home’ at Dawrpui, one of many oldest outlets that cope with watches, which his late father C. Thangkima had began in 1959.
He continued the household enterprise and inherited the store when his father handed away in 2012.
He began biking as a part of bodily train in 2016 and had already toured on a bicycle to Phawngpui, the very best blue mountain peak in Mizoram’s southernmost Lawngtlai district close to the Myanmar border in October 2018 overlaying 510 km from Aizawl.
In the meantime, many netizens praised and conveyed congratulatory messages to Lalawmpuia, hailing his success as an epoch-making occasion within the historical past of the Mizos.
Amongst such individuals was the state sports activities minister Robert Romawia Royte, who hailed the bicycle owner as ‘pleasure of the Mizos and the nation.’
“Salute C.Lalawmpuia, You’ve completed it once more. Adventuring by pedal cycle from Aizawl to Kolkotta, pedalling greater than 1,570 kms for 15 days in 100 hours!! It’s a real journey…!!Congrats Maawma, you’re the pleasure of the Mizos and the Nation,” Royte tweeted.
