Cycle Rickshaws In Bangladesh

Abstract: In Bangladesh, maximum rickshaw-pullers are illiterate and from underprivileged background. They are joining in this profession as it is a self-determining occupation and does not necessitate any supplementary expertise. Thus, pulling rickshaw is an easy way for urban and rural poor people to discharge form extreme poverty. In addition, with the passage of time, rickshaw fare is progressively climbing through years and the reasons behind this are growing prices of daily commodities, living costs, repairing and spare parts costs of rickshaw etc. Rickshaw pullers normally upturn fare with rise of such day to day expenditures. In reality, price hike and climbing costs of daily necessities do not craft any negative effect on their living

Dhaka city is recognized as the Rickshaw Capital of the World. Roughly 500,000 cycle rickshaws run each day. Cycle rickshaws (rikshas) are the most widespread modes of transport in Bangladesh and are obtainable for hire throughout the country including the capital city Dhaka, known as the ‘Rickshaw Capital of the World’. Cycle rickshaws in Bangladesh are also more suitable than the other public modes of transports in the country namely auto rickshaws, cabs and buses. They are mostly adaptable rickshaws with folding hoods and are the only kind of vehicles that can be driven in many neighborhoods of the city with narrow streets and lanes. However, increasing traffic cramming and the resulting collisions have led to the prohibition of rickshaws on many major streets in the city. Metropolitan employment in Bangladesh also largely depends on cycle rickshaws. For the reason of inflation and unemployment in the rural areas, people from villages’ crowd in the cities to become rickshaw drivers locally called the

We focused on rickshaw pullers in different road side tea stalls and traveling at Badda, Kamrangir Chor, Mohammodpur, Hazaribag, Shahjahanpur, Mothertek, Shonir Akhra, Mirpur, Azimpur, Sayedabad, Lalbag, Keranigonj, Sutrapur from Dhaka City; Jamal Khan, Chawkbazar, Panchlaish, West Medical Gate, Probottok, Agrabad, GEC Moor from Chittagong City and Kandirpar, Tomsom Bridge, Bagichagaon, Police line road, Mogoltuli, EPZ road, Chawkbazar from Comilla City.

Data Collection

Primary data has been collected as a major source along with some secondary data.

Analysis of Data

Data has been collected verbally through discussion with rickshaw-pullers. The collected data has been analyzed based on the discussion made by them and information had from them.

Secondary Target Group: Rickshaw owner, Traffic police, Passenger, License giving authority.

3.0 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Broad Objective

The broad objective of this study is to determine the pricing strategy of rickshaw-pullers of Bangladesh.

Secondary Objective

• To talk over international scenario of rickshaw.

• To discourse international economic and political aspects of rickshaw.

• To categorize the factors that affect to the rickshaw fare and to detect the reasons behind increasing of rickshaw fare.

• To analysis competitiveness in terms of national growth, agriculture and touch to the other economic