<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/new-delhi">Delhi</a> government's Transport Department will soon start scrapping unregistered e-rickshaws that have been impounded, officials said on Friday.</p><p>Before being handed over to a scrapper, they will be crushed using a roller, they added.</p><p>Owners of such unregistered e-rickshaws will be given a week's time to get them registered and if they fail to do so, their vehicles will be impounded and handed over to a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility, the official said.</p>.<p>"Before being scrapped, they will be crushed using a cutter and crusher,” a senior official said.</p><p>The decision comes after a high-level review meeting held by the LG to decongest the city, during which instructions were given to put a check on the illegal proliferation of e-rickshaws.</p><p>According to official figures, there are approximately 1.2 lakh registered e-rickshaws in the national capital. However, there are many plying on the road without valid registration causing congestion and safety hazards.</p>.<p>The department recently set up a dedicated pit for impounding e-rickshaws at Burari.</p><p>The department has three pits in Burari Sarai Kale Khan, and Dwarka where impounded vehicles are taken.</p><p>The illegal e-rickshaws are involved in illegal charging and using unsafe batteries.</p>.<p>This week, a seven-year-old boy was electrocuted after he came in contact with a live wire at an illegal e-rickshaw charging point near a public toilet in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area.</p><p>According to officials, 1,077 rickshaws were impounded between August 1 and 21. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/new-delhi">Delhi</a> government's Transport Department will soon start scrapping unregistered e-rickshaws that have been impounded, officials said on Friday.</p><p>Before being handed over to a scrapper, they will be crushed using a roller, they added.</p><p>Owners of such unregistered e-rickshaws will be given a week's time to get them registered and if they fail to do so, their vehicles will be impounded and handed over to a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility, the official said.</p>.<p>"Before being scrapped, they will be crushed using a cutter and crusher,” a senior official said.</p><p>The decision comes after a high-level review meeting held by the LG to decongest the city, during which instructions were given to put a check on the illegal proliferation of e-rickshaws.</p><p>According to official figures, there are approximately 1.2 lakh registered e-rickshaws in the national capital. However, there are many plying on the road without valid registration causing congestion and safety hazards.</p>.<p>The department recently set up a dedicated pit for impounding e-rickshaws at Burari.</p><p>The department has three pits in Burari Sarai Kale Khan, and Dwarka where impounded vehicles are taken.</p><p>The illegal e-rickshaws are involved in illegal charging and using unsafe batteries.</p>.<p>This week, a seven-year-old boy was electrocuted after he came in contact with a live wire at an illegal e-rickshaw charging point near a public toilet in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area.</p><p>According to officials, 1,077 rickshaws were impounded between August 1 and 21. </p>