Eight-km walking track with calorie indicators proposed in Coimbatore

To encourage fitness among people, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has requested the Coimbatore Corporation to install a walking track around the city

To encourage fitness among people, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has requested the Coimbatore Corporation to install a walking track around the city.

Corporation Commissioner M. Prathap told reporters recently that the proposal states that the path needs to be circular and the same lanes cannot be repeated — i.e, the walkers cannot go back and forth on a path in one area.

“Owing to recent trends, many fitness tracking devices often recommend people to take 10,000 steps a day on an average. This calculates to eight km. Further, highways, and high-traffic areas must be avoided. Hence, the areas will be earmarked after a route has been identified and finalised after talks with the officials,” he said.

According to the sources, the Corporation plans to position the start and finish points of the track at Race Course, where a parking and medical facility would be set up. The track will go around the Race Course Road, take a turn into East Club Road to reach Trichy Road, go around Valankulam, and head back to Race Course via West Club Road.

Calorie indicators, similar to the ones placed on Race Course Road, are also to be installed along the walking track, M. Prathap added.