The publication investigates Fazilka Ecocabs, the world’s first dial-a-rickshaw scheme. Founded in Fazilka, Punjab, India by Navdeep Asija, Ecocabs serves primarily as philanthropy-driven social enterprise, which aims to raise the socio-economic status of rickshaw pullers through a strengthening of the already existing network of cycle rickshaws. At the same time, Ecocabs also improved existing rickshaw designs in order to revitalize cycle rickshaws as a sustainable mode of transport in Fazilka and other urban areas in the region. As a result, Fazilka has been nationally and internationally recognized as an environmentally friendly, inexpensive mode of transportation.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/fazilka-ecocabs-world%E2%80%99s-first-dial-rickshaw-scheme
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vedant-s-goyal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/navdeep-asija
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/giz
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rickshaws
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cycles
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-motorised-vehicles
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fazilka
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-transport
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-transport
