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Why Twinkle Khanna loved this 1RK rickshaw

Source: ANI
Last updated on: November 23, 2019 14:43 IST
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Satyawan Gite's multi-functional auto is every Mumbaikar's dream. Scroll down to find out why!

Satyawan Gite's autorickshaw

IMAGE: Satyawan Gite calls his vehicle 'Mumbai's first home system autorickshaw.'   Photographs: Kind courtesy ANI

To provide a unique and comfortable ride to passengers, an auto-rickshaw driver in Mumbai is the talk of the town as he has equipped his vehicle with most of the basic facilities one can think of.

The auto is decked up with facilities ranging from a washbasin, mobile phone charging points, plants and a desktop monitor.

The auto-rickshaw driver, Satyawan Gite, also does not charge senior citizens for rides up to one kilometre. Behind the vehicle, there are catchy captions such as -- 'Mumbai's first home system autorickshaw',

Satyawan Gite's autorickshaw

IMAGE: There is a washbasin, window garden and a charging point among a host of other facilities.

'The complete family entertainment' and 'Mumbai's favourite autorickshaw'.

"You can charge your phone in my auto. There is purified drinking water and there is a washbasin. I also don't charge senior citizens for rides up to one kilometre. The reason I did this is that I wanted to provide better services to passengers," he told ANI.

Satyawan Gite's autorickshaw

IMAGE: Gite promises that a ride in his rickshaw will be equivalent to riding in an airplane.

Asked about Twinkle Khanna's photograph of his '101 per cent 1RK' auto on Instagram, the humble driver was pleasantly surprised and said he admires the former actress and her husband Akshay Kumar.

"I didn't know about it but I am very surprised as well. I am a big fan of her and Akshay Kumar. I wish I could meet Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna," Gite said.

Khanna on Wednesday re-posted the auto's picture from the page of Tweak India which is her own digital media platform.

"Equipped with a window garden, washbasin, and a desktop monitor, this genius Mumbai rickshaw belongs in the jugaad Hall Of Fame," read the caption of the quirkily decked vehicle.

Watch Gite talk about his innovative rickshaw in the video below. Video: Kind courtesy ANI

 

 

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Source: ANI