[sustran] cyclerickshaw project

Ananthakrishnan ganant at vsnl.com
Fri Jan 21 13:17:13 JST 2000


I am trying to get the latest on the India Cycle Rickshaw Improvement
Project.  Chennai (Madras) has several traditional cyclerickshaws, operated
largely by ageing and sickly slum dwellers.  But their numbers have
dwindled, as they have been practically pushed out of the feeder transport
category by high powered three wheeled autorickshaws, owned by those who are
frontmen for politicians and bureaucrats, including police.

A new model cyclerickshaw has enormous potential, especially in the newly
developing residential suburbs.


G.Ananthakrishnan, Chennai-based journalist can be reached at Tel: + 91 44
8413942 , Fax: + 91 44 8415395.



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