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Policemen on duty at the Park Circus seven-point crossing on Thursday morning had a tough time tackling LPG autorickshaw operators who blocked the crossing, placing their vehicles in a row. The protest was prompted by the irregular supply of LPG in fuel stations, for which the the operators incur loss of time and money. The...
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The Ahmedabad Autorickshaw Drivers’Association has decided to announce a strike from 12 pm on November 29. The autorickshaw drivers are protesting against the increase in the price of CNG by Rs 2. The association had remained on a strike for 24 hours on November 16. Full story here
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The polluting two-stroke autorickshaws banned from the streets of the metropolis by the Calcutta High Court, have quietly begun running in the suburbs after being repainted green and yellow to resemble LPG-run three-wheelers. Read full article here
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The Karnataka on Tuesday said a subsidy of Rs. 10,000 will be offered to autorickshaw owners for replacement of their two-stroke autorickshaws with four-stroke engines. All new autorickshaws having four-stroke engines in the State will be registered from now onwards. Green autos are fitted with four stroke engines and run on LPG.A total of 800...
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It was just another hot day in Jaipur when Harish, an autorickshaw driver, sees Whitney, a University of Chicago student, in the distance and was awestruck. He asks her out for a cup of tea and she says no. He asks again, and she says no again. But Harish’s persistence pays off, by the fourth...
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MotoCzysz + Bajaj = dream? When last we had word of MotoCzysz, the company had just finished a marathon struggle to design, build and race an electric motorcycle at the TTXGP. The epic E1pc was built and shipped to the Isle of Man where it participated in the practice runs but tragically suffered a motor failure at...
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US tourist hitches rickshaw, weds driver in a week: A 26-year-old American tourist travelling in India hitched a ride in a rickshaw last week and married the driver a few days later. Whitney from Chicago met her prince charming in Jaipur in Rajasthan, a state west of the capital famous for its stately palaces, after...
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A nice piece on tuk tuks from a billion reasons to visit india blog: Motoring through crowded streets in auto rickshaws (aka tuk tuks), is my favorite mode of transportation in India. They are loud. They are subject to the wind and rain. They miraculously come within millimeters of pedestrians, cows, scooters, bikes, and other auto...
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An autorickshaw driver who gives free rides to the blind, donates money to an old age home and is trying to raise funds for the treatment of a sandwich vendor. Sandeep Bachhe is an autorickshaw driver in Mumbai. More of him later, but first let me take you through his wonder autorickshaw. It has a...
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