President Prabowo donates e-pedicabs to 60-year-old Sumenep residents

Sumenep, E Java (ANTARA) - Some 25 pedicab drivers, aged 60, from Sumenep District, Madura Island, East Java, have received electric pedicabs from President Prabowo Subianto to help them increase their daily incomes.

The president's donated e-pedicabs were handed over to the beneficiaries during an event held by the National Solidarity Movement Foundation (YGSN) and Poverty Alleviation Acceleration Agency (BP-Taskin) on Monday.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the e-pedicab handover event here, Sumenep District Head Achmad Fauzi Wongsojudo expressed pride and gratitude for President Prabowo's support for local pedicab drivers.

By driving e-pedicabs, locally known as "becak listrik", the beneficiaries are expected to increase their earnings, as they can serve more passengers each day compared to manual pedicabs, he stated.

Wongsojudo remarked that Sumenep's manual pedicab drivers could serve only two or four passengers a day, but with the electric ones, they could serve 10.

He expressed hope that the president's e-pedicab donations would continue, as there are still 614 pedicab drivers in Sumenep.