The city will formally start the e-rickshaw registration and route assignment procedure on April 21. To check the documentation and suitability of e-rickshaws and electric vehicles, special camps will be set up at ten different places with representatives from the RTO, Traffic Police and Municipal Corporation. After being accepted, cars will get a special QR code that will connect to a monitoring website and app.

The goal of this project is to improve traffic flow and lessen congestion brought on by e-rickshaws and cars stopping haphazardly at crossroads and roundabouts. Authorities have decided on 30 specific routes for registered e-rickshaws and electric cars to travel in order to solve the problem. To make sure they only travel on approved routes, these cars will be assigned a unique number, colour marker, and QR code dependent on the route.

A business was previously chosen by the Municipal Corporation to create the app and QR code system, and it is now complete. The program would enable instantaneous e-rickshaw credential verification for police, RTO, and Municipal Corporation authorities.

Details of the Camp: In the first stage, camps will take place on April 21 at the following sites:

-Krishna Nagar Municipal Corporation Zone-2 Office

-Railbazar Traffic Police Line

Station of Police, Cantonment

-Parking Complex Gunjan Talkies

-Motijheel Municipal Headquarters

-Chunniganj, GIC Ground

-Governind Nagar, Zone-5 Municipal Office

-Baupurwa Police Station

-Barra

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The Smart City Mission’s IT Manager, Rahul Sabharwal, attested that all the preparations are finished. The first part of training will start on April 21; dates for subsequent stages will be revealed shortly, ADCP Traffic Archana Singh said.

Documents Needed: The following must be carried by drivers going to the camps:

-An identity card

-A driver’s license

-Aadhaar card

-Insurance documents

Certificate of Registration (RC)

-Evidence of ownership

Photographs of the e-rickshaw’s front and back

-Photos in passport size of the owner and the driver

Only around 45,000 of the city’s almost one lakh e-rickshaws are now registered with the RTO. The goal of this new system is to regulate the remaining cars in order to improve safety and traffic management.