bhubaneswar in a bid to keep the towns and cities free from air and sound pollution the odisha government on tuesday decided to encourage plying of erickshaws in areas under different urban local bodies ulbs the decision in this regard was taken at meeting chaired by chief secretary a p padhi to encourage and promote pollution free erickshaw in the cities the government will give tax waiver incentives the department has also been asked to take appropriate steps for moving out of the old and more polluting public vehicles from the city routes in phased manner padhi told reporters stating that the ongoing city bus services in various ulbs will be augmented and made more effective in coming years padhi said it has also been decided to link the city with its nearest industrial and growth centers through this service padhi directed housing and urban development department to fix the intracity routes and number of buses to ply on those routes depending on the requirement of the people it was also decided to allow the auto rickshaws within the city up to the carrying capacity of the routes hud secretary mathivathanan said at present 7 spvs special purpose vehicle are operating in various ulbs for running management of the city bus services a total of 329 buses are running in 67 routes of different ulbs with around 88500 passengers per day he said pti published on mar 21 2017 at 0827 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app erickshaw pollution a p padhi auto rickshaws odisha government homenewsodisha to encourage erickshaws in urban areas