Date:07/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/07/stories/2009010754011300.htm

National

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.