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2-stroke rickshaws agree to convert to 4
The Karachi Taxi and Motor Rickshaw Yellow Cab Owners Association has decided to convert two-stroke rickshaws into four-stroke rickshaws by replacing their engines after an official announcement that two-strokes would be banned because of the pollution they cause. Right now more than 100,000 rickshaws are running on the roads of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana and if the government will ban them, where will these rickshaws go? said the president of the association Hafiz al Haq Hasanzai. One two-stroke rickshaw costs more than Rs 100,000 and no owner would willingly stop driving it after the ban. Therefore, it has been decided to convert these rickshaws into four-stroke ones instead of discarding them. Posted by: Seafarious 2007-08-04 |
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