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ISLAMABAD - The Senate was informed on Thursday that “Solar Auto Rickshaw” technology has successfully been developed indigenously to help overcome the acute shortage of energy and rising costs of fuel.
The Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali told the House in a written reply during question hour that M/s United Services International Group (USIG) of Lahore and Pakistan Institute of Technology for Minerals and Advance Engineering Materials Lahore had developed the technology through collaborative research.
He said the rickshaw was now ready for operations and would use solar energy instead of petrol or Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). He further said the cost of one solar auto rickshaw was about Rs 2, 30,000 which could be easily covered in one year, adding that its normal speed was 50 to 70 kilometres per hour.
The solar rickshaw operated on five solar panels along with five batteries and was driven by one Direct Current (DC) Motor.
He also said that on the request of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government and World Food Programme (WFP), the ministry had proposed that 50,000 tons of wheat out of PASSCO’s reserves should be donated to the WFP for IDPs. The cost of over Rs 1.5 billion would be handled by the federal government. -
See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ckshaw-technology-being-considered-an-option/
The Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali told the House in a written reply during question hour that M/s United Services International Group (USIG) of Lahore and Pakistan Institute of Technology for Minerals and Advance Engineering Materials Lahore had developed the technology through collaborative research.
He said the rickshaw was now ready for operations and would use solar energy instead of petrol or Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). He further said the cost of one solar auto rickshaw was about Rs 2, 30,000 which could be easily covered in one year, adding that its normal speed was 50 to 70 kilometres per hour.
The solar rickshaw operated on five solar panels along with five batteries and was driven by one Direct Current (DC) Motor.
He also said that on the request of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government and World Food Programme (WFP), the ministry had proposed that 50,000 tons of wheat out of PASSCO’s reserves should be donated to the WFP for IDPs. The cost of over Rs 1.5 billion would be handled by the federal government. -
See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ckshaw-technology-being-considered-an-option/
