BJP seeks relaxation in draft rules for e-rickshaws' return

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Delhi India. Various news items eg:
http://www.asianage.com/delhi/bjp-leaders-meet-nitin-gadkari-e-rickshaws-rules-646
http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi...-asks-centre-to-frame-guidelines_1467009.html

Seen... somewhere:

The High Court had on July 31 imposed \restrictions on the plying of e-rickshaws in the national capital, over "safety issues".

The Centre then moved the court asking to review its order of banning e-rickshaws as thousands of people and their livelihood were being affected by the ban.

The court has time and again asked the Centre as to how it could allow e-rickshaws to ply illegally. The Centre has argued that it came up with draft rules on plying of these battery-operated vehicles and these have been submitted to the Law Ministry.

Advocate Sugriv Dubey, appearing for social activist Shahnawaz who filed the petition to ban e-rickshaws, however, told the bench that due to the e-rickshaws, two major accidents have taken place and two people have died.

He said 137 cases have been registered against rash driving by e-rickshaw drivers.

Elsewhere:

India has one of the highest road fatalities in the world with 137,576 deaths reported last year. In the same period, Delhi recorded 7,566 accidents that killed 1,820 people. The bill aims to bring down such fatalities by 200,000 in the first five years and increase GDP by 4%.