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Navdeep Asija (born in Fazilka, Punjab, India) is the founder of dial-a-cycle rickshaw concept known as Ecocabs and won the 2011 National Award of Excellence by Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Improving Informal Transport )〕 Asija is pursuing his Ph.D. for Road Safety from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and recently appointed by Honourable Punjab and Haryana High Court as Traffic Advisor for the state of Punjab and been associated with Home Affairs and Justice, State of Punjab, India Asija's largest impact is in the development of the Ecocab concept, which is a dial-a-cycle- rickshaw equivalent to normal cab services accomplished with gasoline-powered automobiles. The recent development of advanced IT tools and the spread of cell phones have made it possible to balance the supply and demand of passengers and rickshaw taxis via a distributed fleet and automation. Asija demonstrated the concept of Ecocabs first in Fazilka, a district headquarters of the Punjab State, which is located near India-Pakistan Border.〔 The rickshaw program reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels for transporting passengers, while at the same time reducing the startup costs for entrepreneurs performing taxi services. ==Car free and non motor transport movement in Punjab, India== He is a pioneer to start Car-free movement and promotion of Non Motorised Transport in Punjab state of India. His advocacy tool helped city municipal council to decongest the major commercial hub, i.e. Clock tower market area of the city Fazilka into pedestrian paradise by establishing India's first car free zone there.Later the same concept is being taken up by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the form of Sua sponte, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), and asked the authorities to identify and establish vehicle free areas in each town and city of Punjab including Sector 17 of Union Territory of Chandigarh Punjab. Chandigarh is a capital city for the state of Punjab and Haryana of India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Navdeep Asija」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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