Cycle Rickshaw News

It was a ride in a cycle rickshaw that moved Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah and got him into setting up the ‘Rickshaw Bank’. He explained that majority of the rickshaw pullers drive rented rickshaws as they have no access to banks and end up paying the cost of the rickshaw many times over. He started...Read More

Omur Black takes us to the narrow laneways of London late at night when an army of rickshaw drivers look for customers as the city’s famous theatres spill their patrons on to the rainy streets. From their base in an autopark underneath Great Portland Street and Russell Square, the rickshaw drivers converge on central London...Read More

The humble cycle rickshaw could jazz up for the Commonwealth Games, complete with a driver-cum-tourist guide, newspapers and fruit juices. Around 1,000 battery-operated rickshaws will be on call during the event if a proposal with the Delhi government comes through. “The proposal is that 1,000 battery- operated rickshaws should be run in the Commonwealth Games...Read More