The High Court has ordered a ban on battery-run rickshaws in Dhaka metropolitan area within the next three days.
The High Court bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Mahmudur Razi delivered the order on Tuesday.
Sanjid Siddiqui and Tahsina Mridu held the hearing on behalf of the writ petition in the court.
According to the Dhaka Auto Rickshaw Workers Union, there are at least 8 lakh auto rickshaws currently plying on the roads. These illegal vehicles are roaming on the main roads even though they are not allowed to do so. In the last two months, law enforcement agencies have taken action against lakhs of battery powered Rickshaw.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque