Karachi (April 1) Rashid Alam is a young engineer hailing from Khairabad Raminji Gojal Hunza who recently completed his bachelors in electronics from Iqra University Karachi. His final year project was ‘Solar and Electrical based hybrid rickshaw (solect) hybrid.
In contrast to the conventional rickshaw, Solect works only on solar and electrical charging with a maximum speed of 60km/h. The cost of CNG rickshaw Is 3 rupees/km but the cost of SOLECT Hybrid is only 1 rupee/km.
Read more about Rashid Alam Hunzai’s invention at PamirTimes.net: http://pamirtimes.net/2014/04/02/meet-young-innovator-answer-chronic-energy-crises/