So when i crossed a small road cl my first day in the city was surprised because picked horn, it was a tiny man up two ren from the front door of their house and then, with great strength, pulled them to school and they have many people the m2 i through the traffic if advantages the traffic cam atways find a rickshaw ere arent any taxis, you opers in Kolkata Rickshaws are also very popula Then he The driver takes you from your o the market and waits for you nload loads all your purchases. drops you off outside your home and helps you No other type public t kind of ou also see lots more people etting on and off rickshaws during the monsoon season. That's the period from June to September when Kolkata gets heavy rainfall. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In the older parts of the city, the roads flood. The water can rise as high as people's waists in the worst part When it's this bad, anything with an engine is useless. But the rickshav drivers never stop working, even with wate all around them But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing some local officials and politicians want to ban rickshaws on humanitarian grounds They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when t is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this pla Many of the come from th countryside with no job and no qualifications The onl job they can find If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job or income. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still