Kolkata gets air-conditioned horse drawn carriages

Kolkata is a city where something always keep happening and the latest in the list is an air-conditioned horse carriage. It is the brain child of an enterprising young man who wanted to ramp up the decor of his coaches with intricate wooden work, like the ones seen in Varanasi and Lucknow.
He located a craftsman to transform his coach, a Victorian-legacy , into a "royal landau carrier" and fitted it with a 0.75-tonne air conditioner thus converting an open carriage into an insulated, see-through coach. It was not an easy task but he succeeded and lets it out on hire.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 June 2016.

He charges Rs 10,000-15,000 a night depending on the distance. The cost includes the cost of a diesel generator and maintenance of the landau and AC. His cool carriage is much in demand during the marriage season - mostly in non-Bengali weddings.
He had spent over Rs 4 lakh on this landau and has plans to add another 3-4 more AC-fitted horse carriages.


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