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Picture a bicycle with a two-wheeled carriage in place of a back tire. India has millions of these cycle rickshaws. The operators are called pullers. They ride through the streets pulling passengers and goods. Unlike auto rickshaws,polo ralph lauren, which burn fuel,casque dr dre, cycle rickshaws produce no pollution. But the job of a rickshaw puller is not easy.
And that's the VOA Special English Development Report. It was written by Jerilyn Watson.
Vandana Prakash writes about environmental policy. She wrote at ecowordly.com that Soleckshaws are a great step forward. But she says several important issues and questions are getting lost in all the excitement.
The designers suggest that rickshaw pullers could repay a loan to buy a Soleckshaw within about two or three years. They could borrow the money from the Rickshaw Bank.
Testing of the Soleckshaw was launched in Delhi in October. The nonprofit Center for Rural Development is supervising the project.
She suggests that pullers might not be able to earn enough to pay back a loan for the current high cost of a Soleckshaw. The price is four hundred forty dollars compared to one hundred seventy,moncler pas cher, or less,moncler, for a traditional cycle rickshaw.
This the VOA Special English Development Report.
The goal with the new rickshaw is to increase the number of trips per day that the pullers can make. There is also space for advertising,casque beats, a way for them to earn additional money.
Now, to help ease their labor, there is the Solar-Electric Rickshaw,doudoune moncler, or Soleckshaw. This is the product of work of several scientific, industrial and environmental agencies.
India's seven to eight million pullers usually pay one-third of their earnings to the owner of a rickshaw to use it by the day. But in two thousand four the Center for Rural Development had the idea for a bank to help self-employed workers buy their own rickshaws.
An electric motor helps the operator pull a heavy load or go up a hill. A thirty-six volt battery can carry the rickshaw forty kilometers. Top speed is fifteen kilometers an hour, and the Soleckshaw does not pollute. The project includes a battery charging station at a Delhi Metro Rail Station.
And how,beats by dre, she asks,doudoune moncler pas cher, will they handle additional costs such as electric charging,polo ralph lauren pas cher, batteries and solar panels? Vandana Prakash says the dream of creating "proud owners" needs greater planning and market research.
There are plans for improved versions of the Soleckshaw, and to use them when New Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games next year.
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