In recent news, the climate change ministry announced that it is aiming to replace traditional rickshaws (also known as Chingchi) with electric bikes in order to cut carbon emissions and improve air quality. This is being formulated in a working paper with the help of a number of private-sector experts.
According to a source,
“Finally, the climate change ministry and provincial departments will prepare recommendations to replace Chingchi rickshaws with electric motorcycles and vehicles. Then finally, the climate change ministry and provincial departments will prepare recommendations to replace Chingchi rickshaws with electric motorcycles and vehicles.”
Despite the fact that rickshaws are compact, easy to build, and maintain, they are the primary source of air pollution since they are powered by a traditional two-stroke engine that releases a large amount of hydrocarbons, up to 5,500 parts per million.
https://www.techjuice.pk/government-aiming-to-replace-regular-rickshaws-with-electric-bikes/
