TV channel Colors breaks two world records to promote Guinness World Records show. First record, ‘Fastest time to mount a flex billboard’. 100 ft (width) x 20 ft (height), and at a height of over 60 ft, in a record time of 20 minutes and 51 seconds. Second one, ‘Longest parade of rickshaws’. This record...Read More
Delhi may be considered unsafe for women, but that hasn’t stopped Sunita from taking up as odd a job as an autorickshaw driver. Thirty two-year-old Sunita, the national capital’s first female driver, transcends all barriers, living and playing by the rules in a profession dominated by men. “I drive an auto because I enjoy it....Read More
The Adventures of Toto the Auto: A series of books published by FUNOKPLEASE, a Mumbai based publisher of contemporary Indian content for chlidren. Ride with Toto, the autorickshaw and his driver Pattu as they go about solving problems, helping others and having loads of fun along the way. It’s a Rickshaw Challenge for kids. Via:...Read More
LiLigo travel blog’ top 5 of the funniest ways to travel. I would replace ‘funniest’ with GREAT! ‘Trains, plane sand auto-mobiles… are they overrated? In some countries there are more options than just the cheap flights we’re used to. Some are brilliant, some strange, while others are completely ridiculous. Have you ever used one of...Read More
The AutoMeterFare app is to help auto-rickshaw passengers calculate how much they need to pay for their fare. This smart app helps auto-rickshaw users in many cities in India, ten so far (list below). Cities Supported: • Ahmedabad • Bengaluru • Chandigarh • Delhi • Hyderabad • Mumbai • Nagpur • Navi Mumbai • Pune...Read More
Aamir Khan has come up with a unique marketing strategy for 3 Idiots. He has printed stickers for autorickshaws that say ‘Capacity: 3 Idiots’. The rickshaws have been introduced in the city and are plying in both central and western suburbs. Full article hereRead More
Not many would consider Wagner for a long drive. Nor would they drive around in Chennai’s nasty August heat in Ferrari jerkins. But then Paul Haran is not your average driver. And he isn’t on just another drive. Haran and friend Mark Hanscomb, who goes by Harry, form team Nigel Manzil, one of 13 participating...Read More
Briton Paul Haran wore his radiant red Ferrari suit, put on his racing gloves, took his road map and jumped into ‘Nigel Manzil,’ one of the 13 colourful autorickshaws that accelerated their way towards the roads of one of the most rugged terrains in India. The third annual Mumbai Xpress Rickshaw Challenge, which flagged off...Read More
The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) will meet this week to give a push to its proposal of providing pension to autorickshaw drivers in the city, which it has forwarded to the state government before the assembly polls. In an attempt to provide some relief to autorickshaw drivers in the city, the RTA had recently taken...Read More
Finally, the municipal corporation is all set to launch battery-operated rickshaws in the City Beautiful, as pullers for these have been finalised. Though MC has 10 solar-cum-battery-operated rickshaws in its fleet, only six pullers have qualified civic body’s set guidelines. Notably, MC’s eco-friendly move of introducing solar or battery-operated rickshaws had hit a roadblock as...Read More
