The Rickshaw Pullers of Kolkata from kolkata hot Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 76 sec
✓ Published: 29-Sep-2016

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The pull rickshaws are the classic rickshaw image you think of:the ones with the driver or puller flanked on each side by long wooden pole-like handles, much like you would see on a horse-drawn carriage or chariot. Many of these pullers work barefooted on the fiery hot asphalt roadways, plying their way through dense traffic to get the riders to their destination. It seems inhumane and cruel. In fact, five years ago the local government here made the use of such rickshaws illegal. The pullers