Cycle Rickshaws in Inda

An exciting Cycle Rickshaw Ride ...

You can see them standing in colorful rows outside the Railway station. Most of the cities and towns in India are highly polluted. The main reason is the air and noise pollution caused by transport vehicles, specially petrol and diesel-powered two and three-wheelers. Among all big and small vehicles Pedicab Rickshaw is a famous vehicle in India. This vehicle looks like a blend between a rickshaw and a bicycle. The driver pedals a pedicab instead of pulling the vehicle. It has three wheels with one wheel in front under the driver and two wheels supporting the passengers. We see that Pedicabs have different names depending on where they're situated.

There are presently close to 18 million petrol-powered two wheelers and about 1.5 million petrol and diesel-powered three-wheelers in India. It is estimated that close to 2 million cycle rickshaws ply on the Indian roads carrying about 6-8 billion passenger-kms/year. They provide employment to more than 2 million rickshaw pullers.