Kol's yellow cabs down to 7k from pre-pandemic 18k

The city's iconic yellow taxis, as synonymous with Kolkata as football, rasogolla, Victoria Memorial and trams, are sputtering towards a slow death with their numbers falling much below 10,000. Worse, only about 7,000 of these hit the streets every day, show transport department data. Another 2,500 - all of them D and E series Ambassadors - will be phased out by 2025, taking the count below 5,000, operators say.

Kol's yellow cabs down to 7k from pre-pandemic 18k
The city's iconic yellow taxis, as synonymous with Kolkata as football, rasogolla, Victoria Memorial and trams, are sputtering towards a slow death with their numbers falling much below 10,000. Worse, only about 7,000 of these hit the streets every day, show transport department data. Another 2,500 - all of them D and E series Ambassadors - will be phased out by 2025, taking the count below 5,000, operators say.