1000 Solar Rikshaws for Commonwealth games
Posted on 28/Feb/2010
New Delhi: At least 1,000 solar rickshaws will be deployed to ferry over 7,000 athletes and their delegates during the Commonwealth Games later this year.
A joint project between Delhi government and the central government-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), these zero carbon vehicles will help players commute inside the Games villages and reach sporting venues from Metro stations.
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The Solar Rikshaw though it appears to be novel, one doubts about its practical utility. The present Solar cell efficiency is very low (about 14 percent). Moreover the battery capacity charged by Solar cells may not allow it to travel more than a couple of kilometers in our village roads. The solar cars built in the western countries are only for fashion. On the other hand the manually driven rickshaw design is excellent. In Northern India the rickshaw puller takes about 10 school children with ease. Such a design if adopted will help to increase the solar rickshaw efficiency. Though I am not against the concept of Solar Rikshaw, what I want to emphasise is that many rural technologies require social and cultural factors as much as technology for success. Let us hope this solar rickshaw won't be another case of low cost computers for schools, a case of high promise and low performance.
