A Rickshaw by
any other Name ?
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
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parekh
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