Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- Although the so-called battery-run rickshaws have long been singled out as culprits behind recurring accidents, some fatal, they continue to ply the Dhaka streets with their typical defiance. They have naturally drawn the ire of the road safety movement activists since they began operating in the capital. The government on occasions declared them unlawful, apparently to little avail. The mechanised cycle-rickshaws kept moving allegedly with the backing of irresponsible quarters. But, had there been no all-out operations by the law enforcers following a 2015 High Court ban on their plying across the country, the mechanised three-wheelers would have swarmed the city streets. The HC observed that these vehicles had no prop...