Mayors meet L- G on e- rick row
Mayors of the city’s three municipal corporations on Saturday met lieutenantgovernor Najeeb Jung in connection with the continuing stalemate over plying of the contentious e- rickshaws in the city.
The three mayors — Yogendra Chandolia of North, Meenakshi of East and Khushi Ram of South Delhi — along with Leader of the House of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, met the lieutenant- governor to urge him that the state government should insist the Delhi high court that the erickshaws be allowed to ply as it is till the policy is framed.
They appealed that the corporations be allowed to regulate as other rickshaws are regulated till the new policy is framed and comes into force. Mr Arya said that the relief be extended as this has emerged as an medium of employment for those who are driving these e- rickshaws and their families are dependent on them. “A relief needs to be extended to these rickshaw drivers till the policy is framed, after that these can be regulated as per the new policy is framed,” he said.
The delegation also requested that the public dealing timings of the offices which will be issuing licenses/ registering erickshaws should be extended by 3- 4 hours to facilitate the rickshaw drivers. Mr Jung assured the mayors that the government will consider the demands “seriously”.