E-rickshaws to be introduced

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Last Updated : Jul 01 2015 | 3:48 PM IST
: In an effort to promote pollution free travel, Puducherry government will introduce battery operated E Rickshaws for senior citizens, women, children and the infirm.
These would provide connectivity to their homes and to commute from bus terminals and railway stations.
The e-rickshaws, to be operated by poor unemployed youth, would be run on a pilot basis and cover the Eastern zone of Mahatma Gandhi Road and within boulevard limits, a press release of the Transport Secretariat here said
The permits for these areas would soon be issued, it said.
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First Published: Jul 01 2015 | 3:48 PM IST

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