Not according to The Road Transport and
Highways Ministry !
They have just issued the following
" Guidelines " ( to State Transport Authorities ) , in respect of
E-Rickshaws :
#
Speed Limit / Carrying Capacity / Body Specifications
The Road Ministry is also in the process
of finalizing the Safety Norms for these " Battery Operated " light
vehicles , while allowing them to operate under the Motor Vehicles Act , even
as some 4 million E-Rickshaws are already operating in the country !
I suppose , the Ministry will come up with different
sets of " Guidelines " for Rickshaws whose prime movers ( the driving
force ) are :
# Ethanol
( I believe , Diesel / Kerosene Engine based rickshaws , are covered by Petrol
Engine based rickshaws )
#
Hydrogen based hi-breed Engines ( coupled with Petrol / Kerosene /
Diesel / Electric engines )
# Compressed Air powered Engine /
Methane gas powered Engines
# Other prime
movers that I cannot think of right now !
Now , we are all familiar with Human-Power
driven rickshaws ( basically a bicycle pedaled by a human and having a
comfortable seat at the back for two passengers )
If the front wheel of such an H-Rickshaw (
H for " Human Engine " ? ) were to be replaced by GeoOrbital Front Wheel , then it will be some kind of a
hi-breed between H and E ! A H/E - Rickshaw ?
GeoOrbital ( www.Geoo.com ) front
wheel has a built-in battery , giving a range of 50 miles , with a bit of
pedaling
And it will dramatically reduce the effort
required by the peddler , while enabling him to earn more ( and with less
effort ) by making many more passenger-trips in a working day !
Instead of
worrying about , yet another set of " Guidelines " for H/E-Rickshaws
, it would be nice if the Road Ministry were to come out with a ,
POLICY STATEMENT
for H/E - Rickshaws ,
which reads :
" All those unemployed who wish to wish to
become Self Employed through owning / operating , a H/E-Rickshaw , will get
interest free MUDRA loans for the purchase of such hi-breed vehicles , whose
front wheel is a GeoOrbital wheel "
BENEFITS :
# Huge potential for creating millions of Self Employed
#
Minimum Capital Investment ( probably less than a Motor Bike )
#
H/E-Rickshaws can be , even turned into " Rickshaw Share Taxi " Scheme ,
enabling a small family of 3 , to
ride such a rickshaw within a city , by picking it up from one "
Parking " place and leave it at another !
{ Husband will get that much needed exercise and improve his health ! )
# By
equipping HE-Rickshaws with GPS enabled Digi-Met(Digital Meter),fare can be paid thru
Mobile Wallet (NFC )
# Traffic
congestion and Vehicular pollution will reduce dramatically !
#
Dependence on fossil fuels will reduce
Had Shri Akhilesh Yadav , CM- UP ,
offered all those 7 lakh UNEMPLOYED who recently applied against 3000 vacancies
of " Safai Kamdar " ( Sweepers ) in Kanpur , a hi-breed H/E-Rickshaw
, ( of course , Free of Cost ! ) , then
, he would have guaranteed himself , a re-election in the forthcoming State
elections , while claiming credit for achieving the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan, by
2017 ( against the Road
Ministry target of 6 million electric vehicles on roads , by 2020 ) !
May be , Shri Nitin Gadkariji would want to
seize the opportunity that Shri Yadav , missed !
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21 Aug 2016
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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