Hand-drawn rickshaw pullers wait for passengers in Kolkata

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Line of hand-drawn rickshaw pullers waiting for business beside the road in Kolkata. Though most cities offer auto rickshaw service, hand-pulled rickshaws do exist in some areas, such as Kolkata. In recent times the use of human-powered rickshaws has been discouraged or outlawed in many countries due to concern for the welfare of rickshaw workers. Pulled rickshaws have been replaced mainly by cycle rickshaw and auto rickshaws. Source: Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to