The Government of West Bengal proposed a ban on these rickshaws in 2005. Many local governments have proposed a ban on these rickshaws describing them as "inhuman". Human-pulled rickshaws are nowadays rarely available in various cities and villages in the country. Human-pulled rickshaws still run in Kolkata The Dakshineswar Skywalk has also come up in West Bengal. In the city of Mumbai, to further improve the transit conditions for pedestrians, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, has commenced the construction of more than 50 skywalks, as part of the Mumbai Skywalk project, which is very helpful as walk enthusiasts take part in reducing traffic. Walking still constitutes an important mode of transport in rural areas. For instance, Adi Sankaracharya travelled all over India from Kalady near Kochi. People used to cover long distances on foot or bullock carts. Walking was a major transport form in ancient times. The automobile industry in India is currently growing rapidly with an annual production of over 4.6 million vehicles, with an annual growth rate of 10.5% and vehicle volume is expected to rise greatly in the future. In total, about 21 percent of households have two wheelers whereas 4.70 percent of households in India have cars or vans as per the 2011 census of India.
Freight transport by waterways is highly under utilised in India with the total cargo moved (in tonne kilometres) by inland waterways being 0.1 percent of the total inland traffic in India. India's waterways network, in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks, is the ninth largest waterway network in the world. Aviation in India is broadly divided into military and civil aviation which is the fastest-growing aviation market in the world ( IATA data). India's rail network is the fourth largest and second busiest in the world, transporting 8.09 billion passengers and 1.20 billion tonnes of freight annually, as of 2020. India's road network is the second-largest, after the United States, and one of the busiest in the world, transporting 8.225 billion passengers and over 980 million tonnes of cargo annually, as of 2015. The Golden Quadrilateral connects the four major metro cities of India, viz., Delhi ( north), Kolkata ( east), Chennai ( south) and Mumbai ( west).
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