Drive against illegal e-rickshaw dealers soon
Faryal Rumi | TNN | Updated: Dec 30, 2018, 06:24 IST
E-rickshaw drivers parked on road to wait passengersPATNA: The state transport department is set to launch a drive against illegal dealers selling locally assembled e-rickshaws from Monday.
According to transport secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, flying squads, comprising district transport officers (DTO), motor vehicle inspectors (MVI) and enforcement sub-inspectors (ESI), will identify shops selling unauthorized e-rickshaws in their respective districts.
“Many e-rickshaws are plying on city roads without valid registration. If the flying squads find a sub-standard e-rickshaw, they will be seized immediately under the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act, 1988,” Agarwal said on Saturday, adding dealers, selling e-rickshaws without the approval of testing agencies, would be booked.
Transport department sources claimed locally assembled e-rickshaws were not fit to ply on roads. “Most e-rickshaw drivers don’t even have licence which is mandatory. They buy sub-standard vehicles at cheap rates,” Agarwal said and added the campaign would also regulate traffic movement.
E-rickshaw driver Saroj Singh said his vehicle was better than mini city buses and autorickshaws which emitted black smoke. “If the department seizes our e-rickshaws, we will be unemployed. I bought this vehicle after selling two rickshaws,” he told this reporter.
According to transport secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, flying squads, comprising district transport officers (DTO), motor vehicle inspectors (MVI) and enforcement sub-inspectors (ESI), will identify shops selling unauthorized e-rickshaws in their respective districts.
“Many e-rickshaws are plying on city roads without valid registration. If the flying squads find a sub-standard e-rickshaw, they will be seized immediately under the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act, 1988,” Agarwal said on Saturday, adding dealers, selling e-rickshaws without the approval of testing agencies, would be booked.
Transport department sources claimed locally assembled e-rickshaws were not fit to ply on roads. “Most e-rickshaw drivers don’t even have licence which is mandatory. They buy sub-standard vehicles at cheap rates,” Agarwal said and added the campaign would also regulate traffic movement.
E-rickshaw driver Saroj Singh said his vehicle was better than mini city buses and autorickshaws which emitted black smoke. “If the department seizes our e-rickshaws, we will be unemployed. I bought this vehicle after selling two rickshaws,” he told this reporter.
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