Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has started selling registration forms for battery-run rickshaws after new rules were issued to bring them under regulation.

Questions have been raised over how many will be allowed in the capital, how approved vehicles will be sourced and verified, and what happens to old ones.

The DSCC began selling forms on Tuesday, days after the Local Government Division issued the rules on Oct 29.

The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) sets the technical standards, but which manufacturers will be allowed to build e-rickshaws is not final.

The boundaries of the eight zones planned for the two Dhaka city corporations are undrawn, and how movement will be controlled is unc...