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How to use Yulu cycles and the charges involved

Renting a Yulu cycle, charges and other things to know

by Staff Reporter June 17, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai: Yulu bikes have been covering major nodes with Kharghar being the newest one to flag off the service. While it has been talk of the town, many still find themselves wondering about the way to use the service. We simplify it for you.

To begin with, Yulu brings forth two versions, one called the Yulu Move, which is a cycle and the other, Yulu Miracle, which is an electric bike. In all, they present the most advanced vehicle sharing solution presently available in the city. With a fleet of beautiful & functional vehicles powered by GPRS, GPS and Bluetooth technology it gives freedom to rent as per convenience of time and location. You can rent it from any pickup point, drop it at any drop point in the area, or simple take it home for that matter.

Getting started

First, you have to download the Yulu app from Playstore and register yourself for the service. You will have to make a minimum deposit of Rs 100 in their digital wallet to get started. Once registered, you will gain access to a fully functional app that will show you all the pickup points in the city and you can go to the nearest one to rent a cycle.

Also read: Ride the Change: Yulu Bikes come to Kharghar

Renting a cycle/bike from a pick-up point

Once at the pickup point, you will need to scan the QR code available on the lock with your mobile phone. The lock will open automatically on successful verification.

You can then take the cycle anywhere you wish to and when done with your day’s ride, park it at any of the Yulu Zones available around. Ensure that you close the lock manually and press the end ride button in the App. The charge for the ride will be deducted from the balance available in the wallet.

Charges of renting a cycle/bike

Now, coming to the charges, Yulu Move charges Rs 10 for the first 30 minutes and then Rs 5 for every 30 minutes. Just remember that they have pause charges as well so if you don’t end your ride and keep it on pause then they charge Rs. 5 for every 30 minutes and Rs. 30 maximum between 6:00pm to 10:00am. So that allows you to keep it at home for that period.

The charges of Yulu Miracle, or the electric bike, are a little different with Rs. 10 for unlocking the bike, then Rs. 10 for every 10 minutes of the ride. The pause charges are Rs. 5 for every 30 minutes and Rs. 90 maximum between 6:00pm to 10:00am.

Simple, isn’t it? Go along, rent a cycle, Ride the Change!

Also read: YULU Bikes Post COVID-19: Long Term Rental, Limited Services, Thorough Sanitisation

P.S. Following is some updated content about Yulu Bikes.

Yulu Bike Customer Care Number and Email

Yulu Bikes don’t have a dedicated customer care number or helpline at the moment but they will be providing a Yulu Helpline soon. Yulu users/riders can send a messages through the message box available on the official website of Yulu Bikes.

Following is the direct link to Yulu Customer Care Contact Page: https://www.yulu.bike/contact/

You can also get in touch with Yulu Bikes Customer Support at support@yulu.bike though it is mostly reserved for Yulu Bike damage or malfunction issues

June 17, 2019 3 comments

Ride the Change: Yulu Bikes come to Kharghar

Ride the Change: Yulu Bikes make a grand entry into Kharghar

by Staff Reporter June 17, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

The Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System was finally launched on Sunday

Navi Mumbai / Kharghar / PMC: Cycling enthusiasts and health conscious people in Kharghar will now have the chance to help reduce the carbon footprint of the city while ensuring a regular health routine for themselves. Why? Well, as the title tells, Yulu Bikes are now here with their simple yet effective offering to make a difference. The cycle sharing service was launched on Sunday in the presence of dignitaries and local residents.

BJP MLA and CIDCO Chairman, Prashant Thakur and CIDCO Vice President and MD, Lokesh Chandra, inaugurated the event in the presence of local residents that included enthusiastic children, waiting to ride the cycles for the first time.

The dignitaries were all praises for the efforts of Yulu and the fact that it was the first such node to get the service launched in the PMC region. Thakur and Chandra inaugurated the service by jointly cutting the ribbon and then setting off for the first maiden ride of the event, much to the joy of all present.

“We look forward to the participation of people and the successful running of the cycling service in Kharghar and the other nodes that will follow,” Thakur said.

Also read: Renting a Yulu cycle and the charges involved

After the formal inauguration was done with, people took turns at riding the cycles around for a bit. While grown-ups had their reasons to be there, children were the happiest lot. For once, they were getting free rides on beautifully designed cycles.

Arpita Rajpal, an enthusiastic student, expressed her joy, “Now I can move around in Kharghar on the cycle, to my tuitions, to market and wherever I wish to.”

Among the participants, were a group of cycling enthusiasts under the banner of Everest Cycling Culture, a dynamic group of people, striving for a change through the culture of cycling.

Kids at the event

The cycles will now be available for renting out and the locations of the pickup points can be known from the official app of Yulu, available on Playstore.

June 17, 2019 0 comments

Featured Kharghar News

CIDCO might launch Kharghar cycling service this Sunday

by Staff Reporter June 14, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

CIDCO officials promise to inaugurate the service after calling it off twice this week

Navi Mumbai / Kharghar / PMC: The City and Industrial Development Corporation’s (CIDCO) Public Bicycle Sharing System (PBSS) might get launched coming Sunday after it was cancelled twice, the latest cancellation being on Thursday.

It was another day of disappointment for cycling enthusiasts in Kharghar as yet another inauguration had to be called off yesterday. More than a hundred of them had shown up at the Central Park to kick start the first ever cycling service of the region. The managing agency had kept cycles ready to flag off the maiden ride. However, the 11.30 inauguration was cancelled as the chief guest of the event, CIDCO MD Lokesh Chandra, failed to make it to the event owing to other important engagements. Ironically, the event was first scheduled for Monday but was postponed till Thursday, to be cancelled once again. The crowd had to return after waiting for more than an hour.

Also read: NMMC to build 370 metre fenced cycle track in newly developed garden in Airoli

Chandra has assured that he would not be missing the Sunday inauguration date at any cost.

The services, once fully started, will cover over 30 locations simultaneously in the node and help resolve traffic issues and reduce carbon footprints just to name a few.

June 14, 2019 0 comments

Featured Nerul-Seawoods News

Soon city roads may get redone with white-topping technology

by Staff Reporter June 10, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

The civic chief recently inspected a pilot project at Shiravane, Nerul, layered using the white-topping technology

Navi Mumbai / Nerul: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is planning to use ultra-thin white topping technology to redo or repair city roads. They recently inspected one of the streets redone as a pilot project using the technology in Shiravane, Nerul.

The inspection was carried out by civic chief Ramaswami N along with city engineer Surendra Patil and other senior officials.

This is the first time that the white topping concrete road technology has been used in the city as pilot projects at Shiravane and another internal road at Kopri. It may be used for other roads as well.

The technology has already been used by other municipal corporations, one being Thane. The fact that the concrete layer can be laid directly on existing bitumen or black topped roads without disturbing the crust, adds to its feasibility and time saving ability. It primarily reduces wear and tear, further reducing maintenance work costs.

The technology has been successfully used in cities like Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Pune to name a few.

Officials informed that the roads will be observed closely for the next six months to identify issues, if any.

June 10, 2019 0 comments

Featured Kharghar News Taloja

Taloja chemical hub to get two CAAQ stations to monitor air quality

by Staff Reporter June 7, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai / Taloja / PMC: The pollution in Taloja is set to go down or at least be monitored as the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will be setting up two Continuous Ambient Air Quality (CAAQ) monitoring stations in the chemical hub. The decision comes after continuous complaints made by residents of Taloja and surrounding sectors of Kharghar about foul air and thick haze.

It comes as a surprise that the monitoring stations are being set up nearly after four decades of the establishment of the chemical hub at Taloja in 1972. For those unaware of the Taloja chemical hub, there are over 950 units in the area out of which 40% are chemical factories.

Apparently, the regional officer of MPCB had sought the installation of the CAAQ stations just two months back and given the kind of pressure the department has been under, the decision was made quickly.

Satish Shetty, president of Taloja Industries’ Association, who also presides over the committee of the common effluent treatment plant society informed that he had met environment minister Ramdas Kadam and the decision to set up the CAAQ stations was a firm one.

Residents think that the decision would bring some relief as the air quality would now be checked continuously and pollutant measured.

June 7, 2019 0 comments

CBD-Belapur News

83 engineers transferred in major NMMC staff reshuffle

by Staff Reporter June 5, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

The civic chief has ordered a reshuffle in the engineering department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation

Image used for representational purpose

Navi Mumbai / CBD-Belapur: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation recently saw a major reshuffle in the engineering department. The move, directed by the municipal commissioner, Ramaswami N, is said to increase efficiency of the staff.

Officials informed that the civic chief took a calculated decision to transfer as many as 83 civic engineers to other wards and branches. Out of those transferred, there are eight deputy engineers, 13 assistant engineers and 30 sectional engineers of various specializations.

The move is said to bring newness to work and responsibilities and a smooth flow of expertise among the organization itself, all contributing to betterment of service.

All transferred have been asked to immediately take charge of their new postings and responsibilities.

June 5, 2019 0 comments

NMMC claims to have completed 97% of the nullah cleaning work

by Staff Reporter June 2, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) claims to have completed 97% of city nullahs as per a recent inspection, carried out by the municipal commissioner, Ramaswami N. they inform that major sites like Vashi, Koperkhairane and Ghansoli had been swept clean before the given deadline.

The municipal commissioner informed that as 97% of the pre-monsoon cleaning had been done there would not be any flooding issues during the monsoons.

He further informed that the civic department was open to views and suggestions of the citizens regarding the quality of work done and the lacking, if any.

Also read: NMMC wants pre-monsoon gutter cleaning work done by May 25

The sites inspected by the team of senior officials assisting the municipal commissioner were, the nullah near Arenja Corner, Vashi, Kopri petrol pump, and other mullahs around Koparkhairane and Ghansoli.

The civic body further informed about the planned provision of suction pumps at flood-prone areas during the monsoon. They would also be activating two toll-free helpline numbers soon – 1800222309 / 1800222310. These will allow citizens to communicate their concerns and problems with the civic body’s control room during the rainy season.

Further, the fire department will be priortising rain-related hazards for the safety of the citizens.

June 2, 2019 0 comments

After Surat coaching class fire incident, NMMC gears up to inspect city coaching classes

by Staff Reporter May 28, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai: The recent fire incident that resulted in the death of 22 students in a coaching classes in Surat has got NMMC thinking about the safety of city students. The corporation has started inspecting coaching classes all around the city and is determined to finish off the job at the earliest.

The corporation reported that there were more than 800 coaching classes and private tutorials in the city and there was a high possibility that some of them must be ignoring safety measures.

NMMC’s fire chief, J C Mhatre, assured that the corporation was taking all necessary steps to ensure that no such incident ever happened here. Further, NMMC commissioner, Ramaswami N, had also directed the fire department to check all coaching classes for fire safety measures.

Earlier this year, the additional municipal commissioner, Ravindra Patil, had directed all registered schools within the city boundaries, including civic schools, to get a fire NOC.

The ongoing inspection includes checking of proper entry and exit check, ensuring they are not blocked by furniture or other things, installation of quality and safe electrical equipment and air-conditioning ducts.

May 28, 2019 0 comments

Dighe-Airoli Featured News

NMMC to build 370 metre fenced cycle track in newly developed garden in Airoli

by Staff Reporter May 27, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai / Airoli: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will be doing city cyclists a great favour by building a fenced cycle track in Airoli. Cycling enthusiasts around the city have never been happier.

The corporation informed that the cycle track, touted to be the first of a kind, will be built in sectors 4 and 5 in Airoli and will be a 370 metres long and 3 metres wide track running along the existing jogging track in a garden.

This would be the third cycle track in the city with one located at Vashi between Shivaji Chowk and Sagar Vihar and another at Nerul’s Jewel of Navi Mumbai. What separates the new track is the factthat it will be built inside a newly developed garden and will be fenced. The other two run adjacent to the roads.

NMMC commissioner Ramaswami N, informed that the corporation would be building such cycle tracks in other nodes as well subject to the availability of land.

The NMMC is set to impact the carbon footprint of the city in a positive manner encouraged by the success of the ‘rent a cycle’ project launched in Nerul, which is also being implemented in other nodes.

The cycle track is being built at a cost of Rs 15 lakhs, from Thane MP, Rajan Vichare’s fund.

May 27, 2019 0 comments

Featured Kalamboli

2014, 2017, and 2019 – CIDCO announces construction of animal hospital for the third, and hopefully, the last time

by Staff Reporter May 24, 2019

written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai / Kalamboli / PMC: Animal lovers are filled with joy as CIDCO recently announced the construction of the ‘promised’ veterinary animal hospital in Kalamboli. While it is reason enough to celebrate, many are doubting the fulfillment of such promise. Why? Well, because CIDCO has made such an announcement three times in the last 5 years!

In 2014, CIDCO had boldly announced their decision to allot a half acre plot in Kalamboli to an animal rights NGO, People For Animals (PFA), to be used for building the city’s first animal hospital in a time span of two years. PFA, which was led by Maneka Gandhi, an animal activist and the Union minister, had started making plans for the hospital to be built at the cost of Rs 5 crore. The said hospital was supposed to be constructed and let open in 2017 but nothing of that sort happened. Time passed away and the plan never took off.

In 2017, the year that should have seen the opening of the animal hospital, CIDCO once again made the same announcement, informing citizens that the animal hospital would be constructed jointly by Tata Trusts and People for Animals (PFA). They informed that they would be building a 9,000 sq m animal-care facility with a holding capacity of 235. Ratan Tata, the chairman of Tata Trusts, had announced that they would be building a four-storey hospital that would cater to all domestic and farm animals with treatments and services at affordable rates. The unit was to provide an intensive care unit, recovery rooms and imaging and pathology services, comprehensive medical care including orthopaedics, dentistry and trauma surgery. The joint venture of Tata and PFA had also said to have collaborated with Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, for the design of the hospital and operational expertise. However, the plans never took off.

Once again, CIDCO has made an announcement about construction of the animal hospital that will be functional by 2021. The rest of the details are that Tata Trusts and PFA will be building it jointly at the cost of Rs 5 crore, on an 8,000 sq m in sector 16 in Kalamboli, next to D-mart. While People for Animals (PFA) is said to have paid for the land, the Tata Trusts will be constructing the building. They’ll also be providing medical equipment such as MRI and CT scan.

CIDCO proudly claims that the hospital would be the largest animal hospital in Navi Mumbai. The best part would be the fact that they would be providing free treatment to all types of animals. The costs would be borne on a 50-50 basis by CIDCO and PFA. However, a nominal fee would be charged during admission.

The hospital is said to be functional by 2021. Really?

May 24, 2019 0 comments

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