Week of May 23, 2009
India: Building a Better Rickshaw?Photo © Peter Aronson.
Description
Many people in the central Indian state of Bihar rely on an old, slow and cheap form of transportation to get around: the bicycle rickshaw. Now, a businessman there has an idea that could turn those three-wheelers into a money-making industry. But will the drivers themselves benefit?
We sent reporter Peter Aronson to Patna to find out more.