Autos – Rickshaw Challenge

The autorickshaw turns 52 this year

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:07:49 +0000

The first of the autos rolled out towards the end of 1957 under the banner of the Bachchraj Trading Corporation before the company was renamed Bajaj Auto. According to corporate lore, the term ‘autorickshaw’ was coined by N K Firodia as an improvement over the manual rickshaws in many parts of the country. The government initially licensed the company to make 1000 autos a year.
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Autos fleece passengers

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:27:41 +0000

Faced with the clampdown on overloading and imposition of the three plus one (driver) norm, autorickshaws in the city seem to have turned to fleecing passengers in the name of compensating their fare loss.
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Life is an Auto Rickshaw

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:18 +0000

Pic of the week is Life is an Auto Rickshaw

Auto Rickshaw Games

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:05:36 +0000

For all the auto rickshaw fanatics out there who cannot get enough of the little three wheeled devil, here u go:
Desi Auto

Autos are simple, and so must their games be. Swerve your auto through the city in a race with other autos

Hey Taxi

Pick up and drop passengers. Earn points, which can’t redeemed for anything.

Raju Meter 2

Auto rickshaw missions, a bit similar to the original ‘Auto’ game – Grand Theft Auto.

Auto Rickshaw Showdown

A 3 D Auto rickshaw game. Drag racing meets ‘Pimp my Auto’.

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Auto rickshaw Rally for a Novel Cause

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:22:15 +0000

Mangalore press, all over the Mumbai Xpress 2009:
An auto rickshaw rally titled ‘Mumbai Express’, driven by the motto, ‘freedom through education’, was organized by the city unit of Round Table – 115 organization under the aegis of Mangalore Ladies Circle in the city on Thursday August 6.
‘Round Table’ is an apolitical youth organization, members of which are aged between 18 and 40 years. The organization aims at imbibing among the youth, the noble qualities like service, honour and dignity, at both national and international level.
The organization, under its motto, ‘freedom through education’, strives to provide infrastructural facilities like buildings, basic amenities, educational facilities, health services and other programmes that benefit the children of the primary schools, the organizers said.
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Life Unmetered

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:43:29 +0000

Story of an auto rickshaw driver.
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Tuk-Tuk Crash!!!

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:44:54 +0000

Auto rickshaw / tuk-tuk driving orientation is essential!

Auto Rickshaw Gadgets

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:18:12 +0000

Pic of the week is the Auto Rickshaw Gadgets

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Tourist-friendly Auto Rickshaws

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:54:48 +0000

Chennai autos have been in the bad books of the locals as well the tourists for their bargaining and for not following the meter system as in other cities. The launch of the TFA or the Tourist Friendly Auto scheme has given these ‘auto-walas’ an edge above their counterparts who serve the local residents within the city.
These auto rickshaws have been painted in a pale yellow color with pictographs of tourist attractions painted on them along with the TTDC logo. The Tourism Department has issued a photo identification card after verifying the antecedents of the drivers by the Police Department. The auto rickshaw drivers are reliable and have been trained in foreign languages such as French, German, and Japanese.
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