Electric rickshaws to be seen in city
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 27 2011:
The manually driven rickshaws using pedals will soon be replaced by an equally environment friendly electric rickshaw and this will be seen in the streets
of Imphal shortly.
Official sources from the Science and Technology department revealed that a specific programme has been incorporated to introduce the eco friendly battery charged electric rickshaw in the streets of Imphal.
This newly recommended electric rickshaw has been developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The rickshaw has to be charged using a battery to generate electricity.
This electric charged rickshaw has been successfully used in different parts of the country.
Apart from its eco friendly qualities this particular type of rickshaw is also business friendly, the source said.
The electric rickshaw will be amended to suit the business model of the state and the work for designing and developing the model of the electric rickshaw has been taken over by the Science and Technology department of the state government.