Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) caters to 17% of the daily trips in Lucknow. This short report offers an overview of IPT vehicles i.e. auto-rickshaws, tempos and e-rickshaws in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The team conducted a survey in Lucknow, covering 322 IPT drivers to understand their vehicular, operational and economic characteristics. …
WHEN the Delhi Rickshaw Chalak-Malik Sangharsh Morcha (rickshaw drivers and owners agitation committee) staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) on May 19, it was drawing attention to the harassment its members were facing at the hands of the authorities. Rickshaws are …
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cost effective, energy efficient and non-polluting electric cycle rickshaws invented by Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (nari), Maharashtra, could substitute petrol-powered two-wheelers and three-wheelers. At present 18 million two wheelers and 1.5 million three wheelers pollute Indian cities, growing at a rate of 15 per cent per annum. The existing cycle …
Calcutta will soon bid a final goodbye to the rickshaw (hand-pulled cart), made famous the world over in Dominique Lapierre's City of Joy . While the end has been in the offing, the venerated rickshaw will be missed by most Calcuttans. Shooed off the roads primarily because of the advent …
The state government of Delhi has identified the "real culprit" behind the city's street congestion -- the ubiquitous cycle-rickshaw. Funny, considering that the harmless three-wheeler is the only non-polluting commercial transport vehicle on the streets. A spokesperson for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the licensing authority for rickshaws, said …
Author: Anumita Roychowdhury @ There are dangers in ignoring the demand for collective dignity on roads and in pandering to the arrogance of cars. Hope AAP will steer the change that Delhi needs Photo: Meeta Ahlawat The newly elected Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) metro ride to Ramlila ground for the …
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