Electric Cycles in Prayagraj

Inside the rivers' fork, geography helps. Chowk, Katra, Civil Lines, Lukerganj, Allahpur: one low spit of land, below 100 m. Katra and the University of Allahabad are 3 to 6 km apart, and so are Allahpur and the Civil Lines courts, with not one climb between them. The delay is traffic near Chowk and the railway junction.

After that, bridges. To reach Naini, with its industrial area and agricultural university, you cross the Yamuna on the New Yamuna Bridge or the old double-decker. Jhunsi needs the Shastri Bridge over the Ganga, and Phaphamau is north of that. If you shuttle between Teliarganj and Naini, that's over 12 km each way, though the approach ramps are long and gentle, and assist smooths them flat.

Summers are serious. In May the average high is about 41.7 °C, and the dry loo of late May and early June turns 2 pm into a bad idea, so locals do errands at dawn or after dark. Don't leave the bike on open tarmac either, because a battery sitting on Kanpur Road gets uncomfortably warm. June to September brings about 915 mm of rain, and in winter, heavy morning fog calls for a front light.

Roads are slowly getting better. The municipal corporation took up eight roads in 2024 to rebuild as smart corridors, with dividers, footpaths and trees, under the Chief Minister Grid scheme; 34 more are planned later. Then each January and February the Magh Mela turns the Sangam sands into a temporary town. Expect closed approaches and diversions around Daraganj and the Fort.

Most riders cover 4 to 15 km on a working day. A student going Salori to Katra to campus. A lawyer on the way to the High Court. A technician who has to reach Naini for a shift.