The transport department has begun a crackdown on e-bikes with less than 0.25 KvA power and found several of them tampered with to increase speed. These vehicles are not allowed to run at more than 25 kmph and do not need to be registered with the RTO. Mid-day had highlighted the nuisance the e-bikes have become on city roads, compounding traffic and parking problems.

A minister was quoted in this paper’s report saying that in three days, 660 electric vehicles were checked in Mumbai, Thane and Panvel at around 145 showrooms of which about 238 were found with violations like speed tampering and other such irregularities. Of these, 175 were seized.