[sustran] Fazilka Ecocabs making waves across the country

[Asija, Navdeep]

Fazilka Ecocab Invention is going to give benefit to half a million rickshaw
families in Punjab and Haryana State

Mahatma Gandhi once quoted “I would prize every invention of science made
for the benefit of all.” and embracing upon Mahatma’s idea of “doing more,
for less, for more,”, Fazilka, the town of god-fearing and hopeful people
have given something innovative to this world by following the legacy of
great Gandhian Engineering named “Ecocabs”. Low cost solutions under the
concept of democratize technology as a Para transit mode of public transport
solution to the already existed Indian Rickshaw operation in the India for
the world’s poorest citizens, while aiming to creating profit for them and
making it sustainable for the society, following holistic approach.

With the order of honorable Punjab & Haryana High Court, the concept which
originated at Fazilka two year back has been fully adopted by both the
Punjab and Haryana Government. Twice by taking suo-motu on a news item
appeared in Indian Express vide their civil writ petition number CWP 7500 of
2010 and CWP 18399 of 2010 issued notices to subsequent Punjab and Haryana
Governments, asking “if such eco friendly rickshaws cane be implemented in
Fazilka why not in the rest of the both states”. Recent order of Haryana
Government to their Local body department has made this possible. Now more
than 5 lakh rickshaw families are going to get the benefit of the same. The
small initiative is adding to the big results. To make it further popular
GWAF has made a dedicated website for the ecocabs, which will contain all
technical information on ecocabs and also on how to start
Ecocab-Dial-a-Rickshaw scheme in your town and cities (
http://www.lovefazilka.og/ecocabs). Letters from Principal Secretary and
Financial commissioner of Haryana has been received to provide the technical
knowhow of “Fazilka Ecocabs” so that the same shall be implemented in
Haryana as well at the Earliest.

 It is important to note here that Punjab Government through Punjab Heritage
and Tourism Promotion Board and District Administration Amritsar has already
implemented Ecocabs in the holy city of Amritsar and subsequently by the in
Patiala; a Local NGO “The Patiala Foundation” has implemented same concept
under name “Green Cabs”. This year Punjab exhibited “Ecocabs” as a
sustainable mode of transport in their Pavilion during International Trade
Fair, 2010 held in the month of November at Pragati Maidan Delhi and overall
Punjab Pavilion bags Silver Medal for the same.

*Fazilka Ecocabs*

A model to generate additional revenue for traction men has already been
worked out and this will be same shall be implemented soon. Legalities with
the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited have already been completed to resume, once
stopped free telephones for the world’s first dial-a-rickshaw service at 7
new Ecocab call centers in Fazilka. The other welfare schemes which are in
place at Fazilka are; free winter wears & woolens, free medical consultation
by all leading private hospitals and doctors, medicine by the three
authorized medical stores and laboratory for discounted medicines and free
required laboratory tests, free legal aid by four leading lawyers, permanent
Ecocab stands by Municipal Council Fazilka in various zones of Fazilka and
computer education for few educated traction men by two computer centers in
Fazilka.
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