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Affordable, versatile and zippy: E-rickshaws drive green mobility wave in India
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Mrs Mamata Debi decided to become an e-rickshaw rider a year ago and bought her CityLife three-wheeler for 200,000 rupees by taking a loan.
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NOIDA, India – The tar roads seemed to be melting in a heatwave on an afternoon in May when Mrs Mamata Debi wanted to take it easy at work.
The 41-year-old leaned back in her parked electric rickshaw and considered giving in to a nap when a young woman sat down in the back seat.
