Delhi's allegedly "solar-powered" new rickshaws are much heavier than conventional ones

Delhi makes way for "solar"-powered rickshaws

All the rickshaw-puller has to do is charge the solar battery for five hours at a charging point made at the metro station. Once the solar energy powers the battery, the rickshaw can easily go at about 15 kms per hour leaving no carbon footprint behind. But the current prototype of rickshaw is 120 kgs heavy and many can feel its weight already.

Another rickshaw-puller says, "Vartman rickshaw ka wazan hai 70 kilo. Agar yeh sau kilo tak me bhi ho jaye, tab chadhaai wali jagah per kamyab ho sakenge." (The present rickshaws that we pull are about 70 kgs. If the soleckshaw can be brought down to about 100 kgs, then we will be able to manage them easily.")