Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore dated April 22, 2025 in the matter of news item titled "Odisha erection of sand walls in Subarnarekha worries villagers in Jaleswar" which appeared in the New Indian Express dated May 16, 2024. The matter related to erecting of walls in the Subarnarekha …
Come November and e-rickshaws might start plying on the city roads legally. Even as hearing in the case continues in the High Court, the Central Government is planning to relax certain regulation norms for the already existing e-rickshaws on the city roads. Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari held a …
To boost the sale of electric vehicles in the national capital during the festive season, the city administration is reportedly providing subsidies directly to the customers on the purchase of both electric scooters and electric cars. A subsidy of 15 per cent on the maximum retail price (MRP) is being …
Say Oct 8 Statutory Order Lays Down Norms For Vehicles That Cannot Be Complied With Even as the transport ministry has given the green signal to e-rickshaws through its October 8 notification, experts warn that owners of these vehicles may not be able to comply with the new set of …
E-rickshaw will be allowed to carry four passengers and 40 kg luggage while e-carts would transport goods up to 310 kg according to these rules notified by the government.
Keeping in mind the genetics of the global oil crisis and global warming, Home Decor, Karan Merchant Pvt Ltd, is all set to bring about a revolution with the launch of an Eco-friendly battery-operated rickshaw under the brand name ‘Smart Savaari.’ “We hope to play a role in improving the …
A final notification will be issued after ten days to allow e-rickshaws which have been banned from plying on the roads here by the Delhi High Court over safety issues, the government said on Monday. “A notification pertaining to e-rickshaw has been issued. We will put it on website and …
Stating that e-rickshaws are ‘illegal’ according to existing laws, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the Central government’s plea to lift the ban on e-rickshaws. A bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul also directed the Delhi government and the authorities concerned to act in conformity with …
E-rickshaws won’t be allowed to go faster than 15 km/h or carry more than four passengers as the municipal corporations are working to regulate all aspects of the battery-operated three-wheelers. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee passed its e-rickshaw policy on Wednesday. The document includes a speed limit, a …
Eco-rickshaws are plying on the city roads without any permission granted by the Transport Department or the Municipal Corporation. Eco-rickshaw (a battery-operated rickshaw) after getting tremendous response from public in Delhi and some parts of Punjab, has started plying in Jammu without getting permission from the government authority. Flyfot Industries, …
Extending the interim ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the Capital till August 28, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Union Government to issue an executive order on its own for regulating the battery-operated rickshaws in order to “fill up the vacuum”, if there is any, in the …
The e-rickshaw controversy received a new twist on Wednesday with the counsel for petitioner Shanawaz Khan submitting an advertisement taken out by the state government in February 2013, which stated that e-rickshaw drivers will have six months to get registered and obtain licenses meant for drivers of TSRs and light …
These E-ricks Were Introduced Without Any Type Approval And Letting Them Ply Will Seriously Compromise Safety With the Delhi high court making it clear that it would not allow e-rickshaws to ply in the capital without a regulatory framework in place and the government also coming around to the view …
But Court Will Hear Centre’s New Proposal On August 14 Retaining the ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the capital, the Delhi high court on Monday said it cannot permit something that is not provided under the law. “We cannot permit something that is not provided under the law. So …
Say Vehicles Can Be Useful As Paratransit Mode, But Need To Be Regulated Environmentalists and public transport experts are relieved that the Centre has proposed draft guidelines to regulate e-rickshaws under the Motor Vehicles Act. E-rickshaws may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons, but many believe …
A day after being asked by Delhi high court to regulate e-rickshaws, the Centre has prepared guidelines for these battery-operated vehicles which would be included in a separate regulation within the Motor Vehicles Act. The policy will be submitted in court on Friday . The regulations would make it mandatory …
Observing that it would “not allow any illegal acts”, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to lift its ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city and asked the government to come up with draft guidelines to regulate the battery-operated vehicles. The High Court had on July 31 banned …
The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered an immediate ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city, saying that “unregulated plying of the vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on road as well as the citizens”. The court directed the city government to stop …
Despite the Delhi High Court banning e-rickshaws, the Centre is going ahead with plans to regularise their movement, said officials sources in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In fact, hours after the High Court asked the Government to stop the plying of e-rickshaws in the National Capital, a …
Vehicle safety experts and traffic cops have welcomed the ban on e-rickshaws, saying the vehicles have become a nuisance on the city roads as it's tough to control them in absence of any law. Experts also slam the Centre's proposal to raise the battery power of e-rickshaws to 650 Watts, …
To clarify its stand by July 31 on how to regulate them Contrary to the Union Government’s stand in favour of validating e-rickshaws plying in large numbers in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Wednesday said their operation was “wholly unauthorised and illegal” under the law and their presence on …
