Posted on by Nicholas Thorpe

Just a taste of some of the transport options in India

These really are just a few of the enormous number of resourceful ways that India’s 1.2 billion population move themselves and goods from a to b. Few snaps from the road.

The little donkey can take loads through the narrow lanes of Rajasthan
The little donkey can take loads through the narrow lanes of Rajasthan

No doubt there are whole books devoted to decorated Indian trucks
No doubt there are whole books devoted to decorated Indian trucks

Horn Please
Horn Please

head on with a bovine beauty.
head on with a bovine beauty.

A well looked after camel will give 20 years of service.
A well looked after camel will give 20 years of service.

For a seriously heavy load opt for a pachyderm
For a seriously heavy load opt for a pachyderm

Cycle rickshaw ride through the Delhi spice market and lanes
Cycle rickshaw ride through the Delhi spice market and lanes

Delhi street
Delhi street

School girls going home
School kids going home

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These vehicles, called Jugaad (meaning thrown together or hack), have to be seen to be believed. Seat a wooden box, wheels from 4 different vehicles, engine a water pump.
These vehicles have to be seen to be believed. Seat a wooden box, wheels from 4 different vehicles, engine a water pump.

This contraption sputters between the villages of Rajasthan.
This contraption sputters between the villages of Rajasthan.

If decorations could power a vehicle - then these things would fly.
If decorations could power a vehicle – then these things would fly.

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