Mangalore Becomes The First City in Karnataka to Deploy Electric Autorickshaws For Waste Collection

Mangalore Becomes The First City in Karnataka to Deploy Electric Autorickshaws For Waste Collection

Mangalore becomes the first city in Karnataka to deploy electric autorickshaws for door-to-door slid waste collection, particularly from areas inaccessible to four-wheeler waste collection vehicles.

Mangalore City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath said that deploying e-autos offers multiple benefits to the civic agency, including contribution to reduction in the carbon footprint. The MLA hoped other cities would follow the Mangalore model.

He said the cost of operation of the Janatha Cargo branded e-auto was just 40 paise per km thereby resulting in considerable savings to the corporation. The vehicle, with a maximum speed of 25 kmph, gives a mileage of 80-100 km with a full charge. It was much helpful to a city like Mangalore that has narrow lanes and bylanes where four-wheeler waste collection vehicles could not enter. The e-auto thus saves pourakarmikas from physically carrying the waste from houses to the collection vehicle.