Sangeetha

HERE is a man who thinks, talks and walks cycle rickshaws even if he does not drive one.

Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah, Executive Director of Centre for Rural Development (CRD) is a crusader for the cause of cycle rickshaw.

Yogesh Kabirdoss | ENS

A reader's suggestion on the need to aggressively promote cycle rickshaws as an alternative mode of transport set us thinking.

Many of the LPG-kit fitted autorickshaws in Chennai continue to run on petrol.
CHENNAI: With Transport Minister K.N.Nehru recently announcing that a deadline would soon be set for all autorickshaws and taxis in the city to switchover to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), the issue of ambient air quality and the strategy of adopting alternative fuels to make Chennai

The response:The district administration has received more than 50 applications for the newly launched Eco Cabs.

Eco-friendly, safe rickshaws to ply on Amritsar roads

Amritsar: A quiet revolution is in the offing for users of public transport in the holy city of Amritsar. Unsafe cycle rickshaws will soon be replaced by specially designed eco-friendly cycle rickshaws, thanks to the state Tourism Department

To be launched this year, new rickshaws will have FM radio, seatbelt, first-aid box, reading material, dustbin and fire extinguisher

The new Amritsar rickshaw, which will be launched in the holy city within this year, is going to offer passengers a musical ride.

KOLKATA, 13 SEPT: While the Public Vehicles Department and the state transport department continue haggling over the numbers of two-stroke autos scrapped in almost two years after the Calcutta High Court verdict, old but repainted autos continue to rule the city suburbs.

Mr Sumantra Chowdhury, state transport secretary, said that till August 2010, more than 17,000 two-stroke autos have been scr

Lucknow: The solar mission in Uttar Pradesh received a shot in the arm on Thursday with minister for urban employment and poverty eradication Yashwant Singh ordering the distribution of solar rickshaws across the state.
Adding that smaller districts must receive at least 20, while bigger districts should be given upto 300 solar powered rickshaws, Singh said the vehicles should be distributed

Following a meeting of the taskforce to review the policy on cycle-rickshaws and other non-motorised transport as part of a larger transport and traffic plan for the city, a consensus was arrived at on allowing plying of cycle-rickshaw in all areas of the Capital, including the posh Lutyens' Delhi.

According to a member of the taskforce Madhu Kishwar, though the deliberations are yet to be form