Dhaka, June 28 -- Battery-powered three-wheeled rickshaws, or e-rickshaws, are set to begin operating in two separate zones under Dhaka's two city corporations during the first week of August.

Once these e-rickshaws are introduced, unauthorised battery-powered rickshaws will be phased out from the streets.

Making the announcement on Saturday at the inauguration of a training programme for e-rickshaw trainers held at Nagar Bhaban, DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz said the operation of the vehicles will start in Dhaka North City Corporation Zone-1 and Dhaka South City Corporation Zone-2.

"We will begin this transition gradually. Initially, we will remove unauthorised rickshaws operating in those zones."

He highlighted that this would no...