Short-term ideas blur gains in bad-air battle
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party government did score points for promptly reacting to emergency air pollution episodes with measures never attempted earlier such as restricting cars on roads to alternate
Car Free Days
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One car-free day won't clean Delhi air, stop trucks, diesel-vehicles: Environmentalists
A single car-free day in Delhi is a good gesture, but mere tokenism will not work, environmentalists feel. Simply keeping cars off roads for half a day won't matter in the fight against pollution - but
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Greens demand 'no-car' day in Noida
After Gurgaon, it should be Noida's turn to start a car-free day or so think the green-activists of Noida. Members of NGO, Social Action for Forests and Environment (SAFE), headed by environmental
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Choking Delhi vows pollution tax, car-free days to improve air
National capital Delhi will within two months impose a tax on commercial vehicles entering the city and prohibit the use of cars on certain busy routes once every month, transport minister Gopal Rai said
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Air pollution in Gurgaon touches danger mark
Air pollution in the city has touched 115 mcm mark. A review of city’s air with respect to car-free days showed that a day before the last car-free day, the pollution levels in four chosen areas was
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Delhi’s car-free day to cover different stretch each week
With three weeks to go for the first-ever ‘car-free’ day in the capital, the Delhi government plans to extend the drive to a different stretch of road every week. This is one among the many measures that
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Gurgaon pulls out all stops for Car Free Day
Taking a cue from BJP's election-winning slogan, Gurgaon's second CarFree Day rolls out on Tuesday with a pledge that, `Ab Ki Bar No Car'. And in an effort to promote the campaign, Gurgaon Police is
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NGT seeks data to check car-free effect
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the Haryana government to submit air pollution data to substantiate the actual impact of Gurgaon's experiment with Car-Free Day on Tuesday. The expected
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A first for Gurgaon: Better air quality, less traffic on car-free Tuesday
The first car-free Day in Gurgaon was more than successful. From early morning, a number of people could be seen cycling to work. A lot of people participated in the initiative by opting to use shuttles
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Gurgaon to mark September 22 as 'car-free day'
GURGAON: September 22, which is celebrated as a car-free day in more than 200 cities in the world, will be observed this year in the Millennium City as well. While the movement of cars will not be banned
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Post-modern transport
In tune with a car-free zone, the Graduates Welfare Association Fazilka promotes cycle rickshaws