[sustran] Carfree Issues and Earth Day
Debi Goenka
debi at beag.net
Fri Feb 16 11:06:54 JST 2001
I thought this might be an interesting piece of news.
Mumbai is currently hosting an International Fleet Review,
which is a very prestigious event for the Indian Navy.
In an attempt to increase visibility for this event, the
Indian Navy has been doing a clean air campaign.
As part of this campaign, they have persuaded the State
Government to declare two unscheduled holidays - the idea
seems to be to reduce car use within the city, particularly
the southern part where the events will actually take place.
Industries have also been requested to shut down for these 4
days.
Bottom line is - how come this is not done when the health
of 14 million people is affected?
Cheers
Debi
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Debi Goenka
Bombay Environmental Action Group
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