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Calcutta city traffic with traffic policeman standing in between an intersection. The billboards are powered by solar panels. See a solar panel installation on the streets of Kolkata city. Tata Sumo and Maruti Gypsy jeep - both are being used by the Kolkata traffic police. Yellow taxi cabs of the Hindustan Ambassador can be seen everywhere in Calcutta. 'No Cycling' across the tram tracks. The tram has CTC for 'Calcutta Tram Corporation', perhaps and advertisements for LIC - Life Insurance Corporation of India. Kolkata, known historically in English as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating