Overview

• Enforcement teams in Bhopal and Jabalpur have begun guiding e-rickshaw drivers through new school-transport and corridor restrictions before fines and impoundments take effect.
• District collectors in Bhopal and Jabalpur issued phased orders this month to ban student ferrying and restrict operations on 12 Bhopal routes following High Court directives and road safety committee recommendations.
• Around 500 e-rickshaw operators backed by Congress figures protested the Bhopal route bans, warning of wider mobilizations over threatened livelihoods.
• Officials pointed to unlicensed, underage drivers and high-speed, unregulated trips as justification for the restrictions to protect schoolchildren.
• Residents and students are adapting to alternative transport options as authorities run awareness campaigns to streamline urban mobility.