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Three Wheelers

Safeguards against autos

Issue Date: Jan 15, 1998
They dot Delhi's roads like beetles, belching fumes as they go around ferrying commuters. They are the autos or three-wheelers of Delhi, a highly polluting vehicle with a two-stroke engine. The population of three-wheelers in Delhi grew at an alarming rate to reach what the government estimates to be around 83,000. While everybody agrees that the autos are a major source of pollution in the city, the government estimates regarding the three-wheeler population are questionable.

Getting tough

Issue Date: Jan 15, 1998
In an effort to restrict the alarmingly high levels of vehicular pollution in the Delhi, the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered "freezing" any fresh registration of three-wheeler taxi scooter rickshaws (TSRs) unless an old vehicle is replaced by a new one.

India

Issue Date: Feb 15, 1997
• The need to check poaching of migratory birds at the Pong sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh has recently been stressed upon by a forest officer who has conducted a six-year-long study in the area. It was pointed out that the birds come into direct conflict with locals cultivating the area.

MONEYMAKERS

Issue Date: Jan 15, 1997
eco-imaging: To cash in on companies eager to acquire a green image, the Calcutta-based Tara Risk Research Resources and Reward

Woes on three wheels

Issue Date: Nov 30, 1996
Over the last three months, nearly 10,000 auto-rickshaws have been taken off the roads of Ahmedabad, ostensibly to check pollution within the city. As a result, many auto-rickshaw drivers were rendered jobless and have remained so till date. According to civic authorities, the impounded auto-rickshaws used to mix kerosene with petrol to cut down on fuel expenditure. The emission resulting from the burning of the mixture had a remarkably high percentage of carbon monoxide, raising the pollution level of the city to a large extent.

Banning three-wheelers

Issue Date: Jun 30, 1993
Indian-made autorickshaws may be taken off roads in Kathmandu as a pollution-control measure. Vehicular exhaust fumes from automobiles get trapped in the bowl-shaped Kathmandu valley, which is surrounded by high hills. Air pollution has reached such high levels, the authorities have been forced to undertake a study to identify short- and long-term control measures.
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