The Rickshaw Run 2011 passes through Gujarat

Though rickshaws are banned on Ahmedabad-Vadodara express highway, as many as 60 rickshaw of ‘Rickshaw ran’ rally entered into this highway onTuesday. The authority had tough time to remove these rickshaws from restricted highway. Foreign adventurists driving these rickshaws were asked to leave the express highway from Nadiad escape.

About 180 foreigner youths from America, France, Britain, Swittzerland and other European nations are participating in unique Rickshaw Run rally that started at Jaisalmer and passed through Gujarat couple of days back.

The adventure tour has been organized under England based Frank water project which workd for providing clean drinking water to needy villages of India.

As per the rule of Rickshaw Run, each participant has to generate charity from abroad. While there’s a target of collecting 70,000 pounds, each team has been assigned 1000 pounds target.

Due to incorrect information, the Rickshaw Run rally entered Ahmedabad-Vadodara express way. It is not clear how they were allowed to enter inside by persons deployed at toll plaza. As soon as the express highway authority came to know about this, an inspection van was sent to stop this rally. The van stopped the rally near Nadiad escape and asked all foreign rickshaw drivers to leave the express way from imidiate escape near Nadiad.

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