West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee proposes to pass the Calcutta Hackney Carriage Bill, 2006, in the Winter Session of the Assembly.
The Bhattacharjee-led West Bengal Cabinet intends to ban rickshaws officially as a medium of public transport.
The Opposition wants a sound rehabilitation package for the rickshaw-pullers before the rickshaws are banned.
Gautam Gupta has more on the story.