Vintage car rally in Bhopal encourages residents to keep surroundings beautiful

Vintage car owners and collectors converged in Bhopal for a rally of classic beauties.

The rally was organised on Saturday as part of the ongoing Bhoj Adventure Festival which aimed to generate awareness about beautification of Bhopal.

The rally started from Shahpura Lake and concluded at Kaliyasot Adventure Zone in the city.

Twenty five vintage cars from across Bhopal took part in the rally that was organised by Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and flagged off by BMC Commissioner Tejaswi S. Naik.

Naik said the rally was a moment of pride for the citizens of Bhopal.

"The idea behind this rally is to create awareness about the city and about keeping the city beautiful. Through this rally we also hope to encourage people to support the municipal bodies working on these goals. This is also a moment when people can feel proud of their city," he said.

In this almost 10 kilometer-long rally, vintage beauties like Austin, Rolls Royce, Ford, Willys, Maruti 1984 and others strutted on the roads enthralling the onlookers.

A participant, Azhar Mohammed Khan, said such rallies needed to be held every year.

"There are very few vintage cars left in Bhopal, so in a way this rally promotes them. I feel that this event should be held annually in order to encourage people to make such cars as there are very few of them left in India. I am driving an Austin 10, 1938 model which is a very old car," said Khan.