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Saving the ‘king of Indian roads’ on Kolkata’s streets
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An estimated 4,000 yellow taxis currently operate legally in Kolkata, and by the end of 2025, 2,000 of them are expected to be decommissioned.
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KOLKATA - Every city has its icons. The eastern Indian metropolis of Kolkata, one of the most important cities in the erstwhile British Empire, has a cornucopia of them.
There’s the Victoria Memorial, a sprawling 20th-century marble edifice with an Angel of Victory mounted atop its dome. There’s also the Indian Coffee House, a pre-independence era cafe immortalised in a 1980s Bengali hit song and one that remains stubbornly popular despite its watery cold coffee and greasy cutlets.
