Country to make CNG-driven auto-rickshaw
The government has embarked upon a plan to manufacture three-wheeler CNG-driven auto rickshaws at home aimed at replacing the city's non-motorized rickshaws.
The Ministry of Industries took a nine-year project involving initial Taka 26.84 million to manufacture the passenger vehicle by using local expertise and spare parts.
Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre and Bangladesh steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC), both autonomous bodies under the ministry of Industries, are the implementing agencies of the project.
"The country's first ever effort to manufacture the easy-going transport vehicle using local spare parts aimed at easing traffic congestion... " Dr Ihsanul Karim, acting director of BITAC, told the news agency yesterday.
Approximately 2,000 3W CNG-driven rickshaws could be produced every year depending on availability of local light and medium industries, said Dr Karim.
BITAC director said large-scale manufacture of the three wheeler (3W)CNG-run rickshaws will be done with massive use of small and medium workshops located in the city's Dholaikhal, a hub of the country's potential light engineering workshops.
Dr Karim also said that an initial estimation of Tk 2.50 lakh might be charged for each 3W CNG-run auto rickshaw equipped with locally-produced sustainable light and medium industries.
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