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A long haul

— Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Three years after the West Bengal Government announced a phase-out, hand-drawn rickshaws are still plying in Kolkata. Now comes the court ban on two-stroke autorickshaws. The ban has evoked protests from political parties.

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