MY VIEWS IN TIMES OF INDIA ON CAR NUMBERS & ON RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

Comments of MILAN K SINHA (PATNA) in  
The Times Of India dt.07.12.12 10:01 PM

Dear Reader,
Your comment on the article ''Nobel winner calls for check in car numbers'' is now displayed on timesofindia.com.

''Nobel Prize Winner Renowned Environmentalist R K Pachauri has observed very rightly on the issue of growing number of cars which is  adversely affecting the pollution level, congestion and road accidents. The concern of the central minister is also understandable. In fact, the discussion on these issues have been taking place in one or the other forum, some decisions have also been taken but at the implementation level there is lot to be done. In the mean time, problem has grown to an alarming magnitude and is deteriorating very fast. If we consider only the rising level of air pollution in our country, particularly in cities like Delhi, the problem can be well appreciated. Air pollution is causing almost 6.5 lac deaths annually in our country. Even far greater population suffers from lung infections, breathing problems,cancer & heart ailments. Moreover, pregnant ladies & children up to 5 years are very vulnerable to ill effects of Air pollution.Plants, vegetation & animals too are worst affected destroying the ecological balance. The problem can be addressed effectively to a large extent by taking concerted action by all implementing machinery by ensuring vast improvement in public transport system, by encouraging people to drive less and walk & bicycle more and also by strict compliance of emission norms besides many other measures.''

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Comments of MILAN K SINHA (PATNA) in  
The Times Of India dt.09.10.12

Dear Reader,
Your comment on the article ''Global biodiversity meet calls for committing resources'' is now displayed on timesofindia.com.

''In our country the problem is less of resources and more of execution of existing policies at the ground level. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IS TO BE ENSURED AT ALL COST AS WE ARE TO DO EVERYTHING WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY AND THE POOR MASSES ARE ALREADY HEAVILY TAXED. The civil society and an independent non governmental body of experts in this field must look in to the critical issues of biodiversity at large on a regular basis. No doubt, awareness campaigns at all levels must be undertaken in this regard on a large scale.''

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