PARKOUR!

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The city corporation has started a noble initiative to improve the fitness and wherewithal of the city dwellers. "Mission Parkour!" will encourage residents to jump over central reservations, dodge buses, trucks, rickshaws, private cars, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and other pedestrians as they go about their daily business in the city. CC officials said that to achieve this aim, pavements are being dug up and sewers opened up to dissuade pedestrians from walking on "designated" areas. This will ensure that pedestrians are walking among the vehicular traffic and that will in turn make them fitter as they have to perform acrobatics to survive. Their heart health will also improve as they will learn to cope with the shock of almost being killed (if they are lucky) on a daily basis.