Dhaka-13 ( Legislative Election )
HC says no to battery-run rickshaws in Dhaka, Ctg
The High Court on Thursday ruled out the battery rickshaw ride in the city of Dhaka and Chittagong, rejecting five petitions submitted in writing rickshaw owners. The HC bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar gave the order after rejecting petitions were filed seeking HC directives of the corporation of the city authorities to provide licenses to vehicles. The petitioners pointed out that companies have applied to the city of Dhaka and Chittagong for licenses, but the authorities provided their applications. For this reason, they prayed to the HC to ask the city authorities to give permission for the operation of the battery rickshaw run after getting rid of their applications. The HC in January this year issued a regulation specific to the social authorities to explain why the city should not aim at applications have associations of rickshaw owners vehicles and allow them to run. The authorities have responded to the HC standard, according to the Traffic Control and Public Statutes 1973 vehicle had no authority to give licenses to run battery rickshaw. - Posted on : 04-July-2014