Autorickshaw Driver – Rickshaw Challenge https://www.rickshawchallenge.com Pure Adventure! Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:32:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://rickshawchallenge.gamblingzion.com/uploads/2019/08/cropped-RC-FB-no-background-32x32.png Autorickshaw Driver – Rickshaw Challenge https://www.rickshawchallenge.com 32 32 Dial A Rickshaw https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2011/05/19/dial-a-rickshaw/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dial-a-rickshaw Thu, 19 May 2011 05:44:40 +0000 https://rickshawchallenge.com/?p=5905 IndiaCommutes – a communication channel connecting commuters and auto-rickshaw drivers.

‘IndiaCommutes (InCom) is focussed on solving commute related issues in urban India by using community & location intelligence. Currently doing a pilot in Pune, InCom is offerering Dial-a-Rickshaw service over the phone. In the future same service will be extended over Web and SMS.’

The program has the following benefits to its customers/drivers: convenience, cost-effectiveness, safe commute and fuel saving (since auto drivers don’t need to roam around looking for customers.), helping passengers and drivers plan trips in an optimized way.

Via: IndiaCommutes, YourStory.in

]]> The economics of an autorickshaw in Delhi https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/05/the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/05/the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi/#respond Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:11:11 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=1413 Happened to talk to an auto rickshawallah in Delhi recently. Some interesting insights though not verified. Since they are coming directly from the horse’s mouth,should be generally true:
1.There are 90k auto rickshaw permits in Delhi and new ones are not being issued.
2.One auto rickshaw driver who owns the auto-rickshaw,earns on an average Rs25k per month.
3. Some auto rickshaw drivers rent out theirs for night shift @250 per night + 50%of cost of maintenance.
4.An auto rickshaw from outside Delhi is fined Rs 5k as soon as he enters Delhi. Vice versa is not true.
5. The permit can be sold for upwards of Rs 3lakhs which together with the cost of vehicle at about Rs 1.25 lakh results in on road price of about Rs 4.25 lakhs.
Full article here

]]> https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/05/the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi/feed/ 0 Honest auto driver returns Rs 3 lakh jewellery https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/04/honest-auto-driver-returns-rs-3-lakh-jewellery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=honest-auto-driver-returns-rs-3-lakh-jewellery https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/04/honest-auto-driver-returns-rs-3-lakh-jewellery/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:35:49 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=1371 An autorickshaw driver, who returned a bag containing gold jewellery worth over Rs 3 lakh, was honoured by the police commissioner.
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]]> https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/04/honest-auto-driver-returns-rs-3-lakh-jewellery/feed/ 2 Now, RTA mulls pension for autorickshaw drivers https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/11/27/now-rta-mulls-pension-for-autorickshaw-drivers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=now-rta-mulls-pension-for-autorickshaw-drivers https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/11/27/now-rta-mulls-pension-for-autorickshaw-drivers/#respond Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:40:42 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=1365 The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) will meet this week to give a push to its proposal of providing pension to autorickshaw drivers in the city, which it has forwarded to the state government before the assembly polls.
In an attempt to provide some relief to autorickshaw drivers in the city, the RTA had recently taken a decision to provide pension to licensed autorickshaw drivers who are above 55. With this, nearly 60,000 licensed autorickshaw owners or drivers will be able to enjoy the benefit of a pension. This scheme will also address the concerns of the licensed autorickshaw owners/drivers in Solapur.
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]]> https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/11/27/now-rta-mulls-pension-for-autorickshaw-drivers/feed/ 0 Rickshaw Charm https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/09/30/rickshaw-charm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rickshaw-charm https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/09/30/rickshaw-charm/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:07:45 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=1270 US tourist hitches rickshaw, weds driver in a week:
A 26-year-old American tourist travelling in India hitched a ride in a rickshaw last week and married the driver a few days later.
Whitney from Chicago met her prince charming in Jaipur in Rajasthan, a state west of the capital famous for its stately palaces, after hailing a motorised rickshaw and hiring the driver for her stay in the city, the Mail Today newspaper said.
“On the third day, he surprised me by popping the question,” Whitney told the paper. “‘I want to spend the rest of my life with you’, he told me. I fell in love.”
After meeting last Saturday they were married on Wednesday in a simple ceremony. Whitney was pictured in the paper, standing with new husband Harish Hotala, wearing a traditional sari that covered her head.
The paper said Hotala was “a cabbie with a difference,” however. “Though a school dropout, he is fluent in English and owns three autorickshaws,” it said.
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]]> https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/09/30/rickshaw-charm/feed/ 0 Life Unmetered https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/07/15/life-unmetered/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-unmetered https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/07/15/life-unmetered/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:43:29 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=953 Story of an auto rickshaw driver.
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]]> https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/07/15/life-unmetered/feed/ 0 Tuk-Tuk Crash!!! https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/07/01/tuk-tuk-crash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tuk-tuk-crash https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/07/01/tuk-tuk-crash/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:44:54 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=900 Auto rickshaw / tuk-tuk driving orientation is essential!

]]> https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/07/01/tuk-tuk-crash/feed/ 0 Amal https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/03/02/amal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amal https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/03/02/amal/#respond Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:00:14 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=412 Autorickshaw driver AMAL is content with the small but vital role he serves – driving customers around New Delhi as quickly and safely as possible. But his sense of duty is tested by an eccentric, aging billionaire, who, moved by Amal’s humility, bequeaths him his entire estate before passing away.
Now, with only one month to track down and claim his new fortune, Amal encounters roadblocks by all those around him. Be it an injured street girl, a shrewd store merchant or the dead man’s own friends and family, Amal will have to content with many greedy hands before he can claim the fortune and begin a new life.
SOMETIMES THE POOREST OF MEN ARE THE RICHEST…
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