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Cycle Rickshaw Licensing

1. "Delhi Municipal Corporation, Cycle-Rickshaw Bye-Laws, 1960, Section 17A

Any cycle rickshaw found plying for hire without a license or found driven by a person not having proper license as provided under bye-law 3(1) and (2) shall be liable to be seized by the Commissioner or a person duly authorized by him in his behalf. The cycle rickshaw, so seized shall be disposed off by public auction after dismantling, deformation of such process including smashing it into a scrap after a reasonable time as may be decided by the Commissioner from time to time.”... (Page 24)


Confiscated rickshaws at the MCD Storage

Imagine if the same were to be done to unlicensed personal automobiles!


2. “… a large number of rickshaws reach the police stations for the offence of entering 'No Entry' areas. Getting the rickshaw released from the police station is far more difficult and involves higher pay-offs. A licensed rickshaw driven by a licensed puller can be legally released only by paying a minimum fine of Rs. 325 (Rs. 300 as the fine amount + Rs. 25 as storage charges per day). The irrationality of the law becomes obvious when you calculate that the fine amounts to 10% of the price of a new rickshaw (which costs around Rs. 3500) and more than 20% of the price of a second hand rickshaw (which costs around Rs.1500)...
(Page 231)

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