The last ride for cycle rickshaws

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Shock and nostalgia gripped Delhi's old quarters after the city's high court announced a ban on cycle rickshaws.

The court ordered a complete ban on the rickshaws because a new mass transport system is about to start running in Delhi's historic Chandni Chowk area.
The ruling has raised the question of economic survival for thousands of cycle rickshaw pullers.

Sonia Legg reports.

SOUNDBITE: Mohammad Jamil, a cycle rickshaw puller, saying (Hindi):
"Our child will die, my family cannot survive if the cycle rickshaws are banned."

SOUNDBITE: Rohit Kumar, commuter, saying (Hindi):
rickshaws shouldn't be banned. Poor people depend on them to get around. Ok, we have a new metro system, but you can't carry things around. This is just going to create a lot of problems."