Mussouri may see end to man-driven rickshaws, BJP MP Tarun Vijay offers e-rickshaws to local body

NEW DELHI: BJP parliamentarian Tarun Vijay has demanded a complete ban on man-driven cycle rickshaws and replace them with e-rickshaws in the hill town of Mussourie in Uttarakhand.
Vijay made the suggestion in the Uttarakhand State Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting he attended on Tuesday. He offered Rs 25 e-rickshaws to the Mussourie municipalty from his MPLAD fund.
"e-rickshaws are almost maintenance free, pollution free, and easily available," he said as he urged Uttarakahnd rural development minister Pritam Singh to include distribution of e-rickshaws and easy loans to the poor in the government's social welfare schemes.
Vijay has also suggested formation of a road monitoring committee along the China-Tibet border. He also called for steps to be taken to check unscrupulous cutting of trees in the Bhojpatra forest area.