No battery-powered rickshaws will be allowed on Dhaka city main roads: DNCC
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Ejaz has said that to restore order on the capital’s roads and reduce traffic congestion, no battery-powered rickshaws will be allowed on Dhaka’s main roads. Along with this, approved battery-powered rickshaws (e-rickshaws) of standard model will be allowed on the roads inside the city.
He made these remarks in his speech as the chairman at a meeting titled ‘Update on progress and future steps on the construction of battery-powered rickshaw (e-rickshaw) standard model and prototype’ organized by DNCC today (April 29).
He also said that a high-level committee will be formed soon to prepare the standard model and policy for battery-powered rickshaws (e-rickshaws).
In the meeting, BUET’s BEPRC Easy Bike Project formulated a proposal for type approval and registration of a new standardized model of three-wheeled low-speed e-rickshaw. It called on the manufacturing companies to build prototypes according to this proposal.
DNCC Chief Executive Officer Abu Sayeed Md. Kamruzzaman, Chief Engineer Brigadier General Md. Moin Uddin, DNCC General Manager (Transport) Abdullah Al Masud, and individuals from battery-powered rickshaw (e-rickshaw) manufacturing companies were present in the meeting.
