The impact of Second Wave COVID-19 Pandemic on the lives Daily Wage Earners has been largely devasted at unprecedented levels during Lockdown and it driven our economy to recession. India’s cases have once again penetrated increase in numbers with every passing day. With rise number cases, same time rate death especially people who are affected by COVID-19. As Government imposing Curfews, facin...

The rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs) such as Easy Bike, Auto-Rickshaw, and Electric Bike is a major contributor to global energy concerns. Although are bringing new dimension the transportation sector, with advantages being cheapest method emitting fewer greenhouse gases (GHGs), massive amounts required charge challenging issue. Pakistan also moving toward use however absence chargi...

background: developing cities like khulna, the third largest metropolitan city in bangladesh, have now begun to confess the environmental and public health risks associated with uncontrolled dumping of solid wastes mainly due to the active participation of non-governmental organizations (ngos) and community-based organizations (cbos) in municipal solid waste (msw) management. methods: a survey ...

Electrification of the transportation sector has originated a worldwide demand towards green-based refueling infrastructure modernization. Global researches and efforts have been pondered to promote optimal Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations. The EV power electronic systems can be classified into three main divisions: station configuration (e.g., Level 1 (i.e., slow-speed charger), 2 fast-...

I recall an Indian proverb saying that, as all rivers find the same ocean, so too do all paths reach the same source. Perhaps this is a fitting analogy for the World Social Forum (WSF), the fourth of which was recently held in Mumbai India from the 16th 21st of January. For as each of the over 130,000 droplets arrived by plane, train, rickshaw, bicycle and by foot, they began self-organising in...

To investigate the health impact of vehicular pollution of Kolkata (former Calcutta), a cross-sectional study was carried out during 2007-2010 among 932 male non-smoking residents of the city and 812-ageand gender-matched rural subjects as control. The urban group included 460 men who were occupationally exposed to vehicular pollution: 56 traffic policemen, 188 street hawkers, 82 auto rickshaw ...

To improve the effectiveness of conventional walking-based Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), introducing Non-Motorized Vehicles (NMV)-based TOD will be a more efficient alternative since it increase spatial extent node’s buffer area. This paper discusses available Bicycle-based (BTOD) concept. Based on this concept, NMV-based (NTOD) has been calculated. A trip-based survey conducted selected ...