E-Rickshaws Banned On 11 Routes in Lucknow Citing Pollution, Traffic Issues: Report

City residents have reportedly filed quite a few complaints in opposition to e-rickshaws over improper parking and inflicting visitors jams on routes.

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E-Rickshaws banned in Lucknow as a consequence of congestion and air pollution points.

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has banned the operation of e-rickshaws on 11 routes within the metropolis citing air air pollution as one of many causes. Lucknow Commissioner DK Thakur reportedly signed a notification calling for e-rickshaws to cease plying on 11 routes throughout town together with Hazratganj, Gomtinagar and Alambagh. The notification states that the transfer was necessitated to sort out air air pollution, visitors jam, public security and the comfort of residents.

“To enhance the administration of visitors within the metropolis of Lucknow, it has been determined to revise the rules utilizing provisions beneath part 15 of Motor Vehicle Act 1988 and part 178 of Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicle Rules 1998, for plying electrical rickshaws in 11 routes within the metropolis,” the notifications acknowledged.

The ban got here into power on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

While odd that an electrical automobile is being blamed for air air pollution the probably rationale might be the upper concertation of emissions attributable to visitors jams in a locality.

Going by experiences, metropolis residents have reported quite a few complaints over the previous months over haphazard parking of e-rickshaws, problems with them stopping in the course of the street to gather passengers amongst others. This is prone to be the explanation for the most recent restrictions in e-rickshaw operations within the metropolis.

This is not the primary time that restrictions have been imposed on the motion of e-rickshaws within the metropolis. Back in 2018, e-rickshaws have been banned on 36 routes by way of town with restrictions imposed on one other 10.

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