Women bikers complete 17,000km journey promoting Telangana culture in South Asia

Telangana Tourism Department welcomed four women bikers who successfully completed 'Road to Mekong', a 16,992-km long road trip covering six Southeast Asian countries starting from Hyderabad.

The team, led by Jai Bharathi, included Shilpa Balakrishnan, ASD Shanti and Piya Bahadur. They started their journey on February 11 and covered Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia successfully.

Their first international border crossing was on February 25 as they entered Myanmar after crossing Manipur. In India, the women bikers journeyed through Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.

During the trip, the women held media conferences in each of the cities they halted at to speak about Telangana tourism.

The team focused on explaining Buddhist history of Telangana as they travelled across South Asian countries where the religion was popular.

The women were supported by the Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) and Government of India in this initiative.

TSTDC Managing Director D. Manohar, while talking to ANI, congratulated the rider on their success and said during their journey the riders met people from various sections of society and explained them about Telangana tourism and incredible India.

"The rider`s team was also accompanied by four member`s production crew to document the entire expedition, Telangana tourism provided a mini couch with two drivers and ample Telangana tourism publicity material and 2 more members as supported," Manohar said.

"I am very happy that the women for this unique thing which no other state have done yet. The Telangana tourism with support others also coming up with such ideas," he added.

The rider first covered 15 states in India then entered Myanmar from Manipur, 13 days after starting the journey.