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 they do not need to be registered with the RTO. mid-day had highlighted the nuisance the e-bikes have become on city’s roads, compounding traffic and parking problems.

“In three days, 660 electric vehicles were checked in Mumbai, Thane and Panvel at about 145 showrooms of which about 238 were found with violations like speed tampering and other such irregularities. Of these, 175 were seized,” Transport Minister Anil Parab told mid-day.