The Haryana Government is mulling replacing pedal rickshaws with e-rickshaws in the State, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said, as he called for putting an end to the “inhuman” practice of “pulling the weight of other”. Everybody should work hard to earn their livelihood, but pulling the weight of other is like exploitation,” he said.
Mr. Khattar said that he was pained to see the difference between two people, as one was sitting on the rickshaw and the other was pulling his weight. The Chief Minister said here that surveys would be conducted to ascertain the number of pedal rickshaws in Haryana so that they could be replaced with e-rickshaws.
He was speaking after handing over keys of 50 e-rickshaws to as many pedal rickshaw pullers in Karnal, the Assembly constituency he represents. Mr. Khattar said initially the scheme has been implemented in Karnal and after its success it would be replicated in other cities of the State. - PTI
