Rickshaw service launched: Travel heritage trail in style

PESHAWAR: A rickshaw service was launched in Peshawar on Thursday which would take riders around the paved heritage trail built in the provincial capital. The service has been started by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology and Museums (DoAM). In a move which seems to have been inspired by a similar service offered in the walled city of Lahore, the service will see 12 rickshaws, covered in bright colours with traditional geometric designs native to truck art, ferry visitors around the cultural heritage trail. The trail had been built by the provincial government last year for tourists visiting in the city. DoAM spokesperson Nawazuddin said that the rickshaws will charge Rs10 per passenger. He said they started the service to offer traditional and cultural look for the trail recently opened for tourists inside the walled city.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2018.