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kolkata: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ( MoHUA) has declared New Town as winner of its 'Cycle 4 Change Challenge.' At a ceremony chaired by the secretary MoHUA, the winners of the challenge were declared. New Town has built a cycling network comprising 20 km of cycle tracks / lanes and proposes to build another 70 km with all ancillary cycle infrastructure – cycle stand, signage, signal, cross over. The Public Bicycle Sharing system has been re-launched in the area with 100 pedal bicycles, 400 e-bikes and 23 docking stations, said Debashis Sen, managing director of Housing infrastructure Development Corporation ( HIDCO). Bicycle ridership in New Town has increased by about 50 per cent over the last quarter due to the safe cycle infrastructure developed by NKDA and HIDCO..