Pune: E-rickshaw has failed to make an impression on Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad despite registration of other electronic vehicles soaring in the regional transportation office.
However, officials claimed that the future of bright e-rickshaws with the same new variant, resembling autorickshaws, slowly popular.
“In 2017, there were several e-rickshaw registration and in 2018 there were more too.
In accordance with the Department of Transportation Regulation, e-rickshaw for passengers in the state can only be layer on the selected route.
Most of these vehicles do not have enough speed and can Causing traffic jams.
Somehow, the plan hasn’t worked in Pune.
However, the new model of e-vehicle ‘LM5’, which is exactly like an autorickshaw and has the strength and speed.
It has gained popularity and is being registered too.
In 2021, around Five registration has been carried out, regardless of general electronic vehicles, which is also on the rise, “Deputy Pune RTO Sanjiv Bhor.
About 6,000 electronic vehicles are registered with Pune RTO until December 27, this year.
Pimpri Chinchwad RTO registered 4,400 e-vehicles.
Transport Commissioner Avinash Dhakne said that according to the regulation, e-Bect was permitted only on the designated route as decided by the traffic police.
In 2017, around 17 routes were chosen by Pune RTO in coordination with the city traffic police.
“There are concerns about filling vehicles like that and also the cost.
Therefore, they are not popular in the city,” said another RTO official.
However, those who buy this vehicle say otherwise.
They blame the driver and ordinary autorickshaw trivers for the same thing.
“E-rickshaw has been transferred in many cities for about five years now.
We are just not allowed to stab by ordinary autorickshaw drivers, who feel that their monopoly will end.
There are problems, arguments, and quarrels and we don’t get the right support from the party Authorized.
If planned and executed carefully, four small situations will succeed in providing the last miles connectivity.
I changed my e-bect to e-cart, “a driver, asking for anonymity, said.