It was a ride in a cycle rickshaw that moved Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah and got him into setting up the ‘Rickshaw Bank’. He explained that majority of the rickshaw pullers drive rented rickshaws as they have no access to banks and end up paying the cost of the rickshaw many times over. He started...Read More
On a rickshaw from Jama Masjid to Sisganj Gurudwara in Chandni Chowk, Delhi – oldest part of the Indian capital. The place is full of lanes as thin as it can get. And yet they manage to fit a full fledged market in there. The rickshaw pullers have mastered the art of navigating their three...Read More
Rickshaw pullers in the capital may soon get biometric badges after being trained in traffic rules to regularize their movement instead of banning them altogether. The Delhi government put forth the proposal in the Delhi High Court while filing the minutes of a meeting with the Lieutenant Governor of the city. It said that with...Read More
“This service is not available for government employees”, read the handbills that have been pasted on hundreds of rickshaws in Allahabad. To protest against the government’s nonchalance to their demand of special rickshaw parking zones and night shelters, around 20,000 rickshaw pullers in the city have refused to give a ride to government employees. Full...Read More
The Delhi High Court Tuesday pulled up Delhi Police for being “insensitive” towards rickshaw pullers in a bid to make the capital a “world class city”. Full article hereRead More
The municipal corporation here has shortlisted five rickshaw pullers of the city for allotting them solar-cum-battery operated rickshaws. These will be allotted on Wednesday at a formal ceremony. A total of 10 solar rickshaws will be launched, though five more pullers are yet to shortlisted by the civic body, which is the nodal agency of...Read More
