Garhwal Commissioner and Chairman of Regional Transport Authority (RTA), C S Napalchiyal flagged off e-rickshaws in the State Capital on Wednesday. In a ceremony, permits to 7 e-rickshaws were issued and nine routes in the city were opened for them.
Speaking on the occasion, Napalchayal said that since e-rickshaws do not cause environmental or noise pollution they help in environmental conservation. He said that the Government of India has given required approvals for these vehicles. The RTA chairman said that more and people should be made aware about the benefits of the e rickshaws and they should be linked with providing employment.
The district Magistrate of Dehradun, Ravinath Raman said that the operation of e-rickshaws in the State Capital is a good initiative. He said that apart from being environment friendly these vehicles would be helpful in providing transport facility on those inner connecting roads where such facilities are nonexistent at present.
It was informed that 22 people have applied for permits for e rickshaws and out of these seven applicants were issued permits on the day.
The district transport department has also set up routes for these vehicles. Some of the routes are Nehru colony- Balbir road-Brightlands schools to Brookline school, Hotel great value- Canal road -Police colony- IT park-Mussoorie By pass, Mokhampur temple- Ekta Vihar, Geeta Enclave- Aashirwad enclave, Jogiwala- Badripur–Inderpur road and Indira Nagar- Seema Dwar- GMS road.
In the ceremony SP Traffic D S Gunjiyal, Additonal Commissioner Sunita Singh and RTO Dehradun Sudhanshu Garg were present.