Only around 2,500 Ambassador taxis were still working at the start of this year
It's the end of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis. The number of Hindustan Ambassadors, who first rolled off the assembly line in the 1950s, is dwindling fast, and a recent court ruling means that those who remain will be forced off India's roads entirely in the next three years.
"The end of these taxi cars also marks our end," says Kailash Sahani, who has sat behind the wheel of an Ambassador cab for the past four decades.
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