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Plying of e-rickshaws in Govardhan without registration is illegal, the National Green Tribunal said on Friday while issuing a slew of directions for their regulation in the temple town of Mathura.
The green panel noted that presently there are 298 battery-operated rickshaws registered in the town of Govardhan and a maximum of 400 only can ply in the city.
"Each rickshaw should be allowed to take four persons only and the fare be fixed at Rs 100 per person. Battery rickshaws should display the permission certificate of the Nagar Panchayat. The rickshaws are to be plied only on the left side of Parikrama Marg. In the entire Parikrama Marg, there would be nine parking places and the rickshaws would be allotted an area," a bench headed by Justice R S Rathore said.
The e-rickshaws shall use such space only for their parking and plying of non-registered
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