{"id":8950,"date":"2014-12-16T22:24:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T22:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=8950"},"modified":"2020-12-24T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T19:16:52","slug":"hand-pulled-rickshaws-of-kolkata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/hand-pulled-rickshaws-of-kolkata\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata’s Hand-Pulled Rickshaws are British Heritage in India’s Colonial Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tourists will see replicas of Kolkata\u2019s hand-pulled rickshaws among the exhibits of museums in India and abroad in the next few years.<\/strong> Hand-pulled rickshaws will soon be replaced with batter-operated modern vehicles from the streets of Kolkata as the Government of West Bengal is up with a rehabilitation plan for 6,000 rickshaw pullers, and activists as well as social critics have been calling for the ban of these rickshaws. Like tea, tram, cricket and Gothic architecture, the hand-pulled rickshaw is a British heritage in Kolkata\u2019s colonial treasure.<\/strong> These light-weight, wooden rickshaws pulled by men of thin & sturdy body frame, wrapped in lungi from the waistline till knee joint, through waterlogged lanes and crowded marketplaces are unique to Kolkata\u2019s identity in contrast to the city\u2019s modern infrastructure with skyscrapers and flyovers. Indian Eagle<\/span> reflects about the hand-pulled rickshaws which Kolkata streets are going to say goodbye to and miss in the coming days.<\/strong><\/p>\n