Rickshaw Pullers Case Study

Role Played by Rickshaw Pullers in Economy Affected By Pricing Strategies:
A study based on selected cities of Bangladesh
Nargis Sultana, Lecturer
Department of Finance & Banking, Comilla University
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Abstract
In Bangladesh maximum rickshaw-pullers are illiterate and from underprivileged background. They are joining 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. With the passage of time rickshaw fare is progressively climbing through years and the reasons are budding prices of diurnal commodities, living costs, repairing

In reality, price hike and climbing costs of daily necessities do not craft any negative effect on their living style because with the spare of time and price,

The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale home-grown means of transport; it is also known as auto rickshaws hauled by a person on foot. Cycle rickshaws are human-powered; a type of tricycle intended to carry passengers in addition to the driver. They are normally used on for a hire basis. Rickshaw has become a portion of the convention of Bengali culture. Dhaka city is recognized as the Rickshaw Capitall of the World. Roughly 5, 00,000 cycle rickshaws run every day. Cycle rickshaws (rikshas) are the most widespread modes of transport in Bangladesh and are reachable for hire throughout the country comprising the capital city Dhaka, known as the ‘Rickshaw Capital of the World’. Cycle rickshaws in Bangladesh are also more proper than the other public means of transports in the country namely auto rickshaws, cabs and buses. These are mostly malleable rickshaws with folding hoods and are the only kind of vehicles that can be driven in many neighborhoods of the city with slender streets and lanes. However, snowballing traffic cramming and the consequential collisions have led to the prohibition of rickshaws on several main boulevards in the city. Metropolitan employment in Bangladesh also principally hinge on cycle rickshaws. Due to inflation and unemployment in the rural areas, people from villages’ throng in the cities to become rickshaw drivers locally called the riksha-wala. Rickshaw pulling is the entirely male