The Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the city has set the ambitious target of ensuring use of non-motorised transport (NMT) — cycling and walking — in 50 per cent of all trips by 2030. It seems this target will remain only on paper as the NMT cell of the Pune Municipal Corporation is completely passive and not ready to take the responsibility for cycling infrastructure in the city.

Obstacle course: A cycle track in the city tells a sorry tale of neglect. Critics says cycle tracks in the city are improperly designed and there are hundreds of fixed obstacles along the 88-km network of tracks. Pic/Ishan Ghosh