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erickshaws proliferate

erickshaws proliferate

  erickshaws are proliferating, bringing with them a hope for a greener and economically stable future. Story by: Anirudh Raheja Hailing from Muzzaffarpur, a small town in Bihar, Dalbeer Kumar drives an erickshaw. Until three months ago he used to pull a cycle rickshaw in the scorching heat and freezing cold of Delhi NCR. He earned between Rs.300 and Rs.350[Read More…]

by July 29, 2016 Cover Stories
CV insurance: the best deal

CV insurance: the best deal

CV operators will continue to abstain from insuring their vehicles promptly if they don’t see it as a value proposition Story by: Ashish Bhatia Motor insurance is mandatory. Spending long hours on the road ferrying goods and people, commercial vehicles are perhaps the most in need of a robust insurance cover. To them, the need is to pitch an insurance[Read More…]

by July 29, 2016 Cover Stories
The look of a voluntary vehicle modernisation policy

The look of a voluntary vehicle modernisation policy

  The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) is claimed to be working on a voluntary vehicle fleet modernisation policy. Story by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Recent incidences attracting the ire of the judiciary in view of the rising pollution levels in some Indian cities seems to have set the ball rolling in many directions. Even as the Indian auto industry[Read More…]

by July 5, 2016 Cover Stories, Domestic
Truck body code delayed?

Truck body code delayed?

      The reason for the truck body code’s delay, it seems, is the need to incorporate the learnings from the implementation of the bus code. Story by: Ashish Bhatia It looks like the truck code is delayed. The reason for the delay, it seems, is the need to incorporate the learnings from the bus code. But then, Dattatray[Read More…]

by July 5, 2016 Cover Stories, Domestic