E-rickshaws may be taken out of MV Act ambit

NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has circulated a cabinet note with the proposal to take out battery-operated vehicles with engines of up to 650W from the ambit of Motor Vehicles Act, officials told TOI. The move comes barely days after the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Centre, asking if the law regulating motor vehicles was applicable to this mode of transport.

Last month, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari had promised that the government would amend the Act so that livelihood of over one lakh e-rickshaw drivers is protected and police don't harass them.

As per the present norm, battery-operated vehicles with engines up to 250 watt are exempted from MV Act meaning they don't need to be registered with the regional transport offices. For now, e-rickshaws plying on city roads face uncertainty since design of none of them has been certified for safety by any government- affiliated agency.

Sources said the Cabinet note by road transport ministry also mentions advisories that can be issued to states and local authorities to regulate these vehicles and norms for drivers, once the amendment in the Act is cleared by the Cabinet.

One of them is the provision of allowing only drivers to own the vehicles, which is aimed at avoiding a situation where only a handful of people own a cluster of e-rickshaws. Some of the other advisories include giving colour codes to the vehicles, identifying their area of operation by local police and civic authorities, verifying the antecedents of drivers and issuing them identity cards.

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