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By
Abhishek Mande Bhot
Umesh Yadav starts up his three-wheeler at 7 a.m. and hits the road looking for fare-paying passengers.
Heâs one of millions of drivers in India who operate autorickshaws, known across much of Asia as tuk-tuks after the loud spluttering noise a two-stroke engine makes as it coughs out a trail of choking blue smoke.
But Yadavâs machine is differentâitâs electric, quiet, and clean. There are no fumes and no cacophony when it trundles through crowded streets of Gurugram, an urban conglomeration just south of Indiaâs capital, New Delhi, thatâs been ranked as the worldâs most polluted city.