Committee set up to frame guidelines for e-rickshaw plying
18 Sept 2013 5:31 AM IST
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday appointed a committee to finalise guidelines for the plying of battery-powered rickshaws in the city.
The committee, headed by chief secretary D M Spolia and comprising representatives of Delhi police, transport department, e-rickshaw manufacturers as well as drivers of the vehicles, has been asked to submit its report within 15 days.
The committee was appointed after Dikshit held a meeting with a delegation of e-rickshaw manufacturers and drivers. In the meeting, Dikshit said these e-rickshaws can be used to connect different metro stations with nearby localities but underlined the need for bringing them under regulations so that no government agency, including police, harasses them.
The government had last year decided to come down hard on operators of the non-motorised vehicles, which were not covered under the Delhi Motor Vehicle Act. Dikshit assured the drivers that the e-rickshaws can continue to ply as they have been catering to the needs of people travelling for short distances.
The rickshaw manufacturers and drivers requested Dikshit to allow such rickshaws to ply on colony roads to provide connectivity between metro stations.
The e-rickshaws should be continued as they are
The committee, headed by chief secretary D M Spolia and comprising representatives of Delhi police, transport department, e-rickshaw manufacturers as well as drivers of the vehicles, has been asked to submit its report within 15 days.
The committee was appointed after Dikshit held a meeting with a delegation of e-rickshaw manufacturers and drivers. In the meeting, Dikshit said these e-rickshaws can be used to connect different metro stations with nearby localities but underlined the need for bringing them under regulations so that no government agency, including police, harasses them.
The government had last year decided to come down hard on operators of the non-motorised vehicles, which were not covered under the Delhi Motor Vehicle Act. Dikshit assured the drivers that the e-rickshaws can continue to ply as they have been catering to the needs of people travelling for short distances.
The rickshaw manufacturers and drivers requested Dikshit to allow such rickshaws to ply on colony roads to provide connectivity between metro stations.
The e-rickshaws should be continued as they are
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