Car
pooling is not a new concept but people
are not very keen to accept it. According
to statistics, in delhi alone,there are
1.3 million registered cars and another
three million two-wheelers that are growing
at a rate of nearly 8% every year. The total
number of cars alone already occupy 10.8%
of city's urbanised area, this being close
to the forest cover of 11.5% in the Capital
region. As per data from the CRRI it is
estimated that out of the 8,760 hours in
a year, total steering time of a car is
400 hours, which means that 90 to 95% of
the time in a year either a car is parked
at the residence or in office.but in those
hours,The pollution level once again increased.
Since 2006, the annual
average levels have jumped back to 136 microgram
per cubic meter. The monthly average levels
of RSPM in the winter of 2006-07 was as
high as 350 microgram per cubic meter. The
levels may even be higher this winter.We
need to awaken people. So we are trying
to initiate this corporate car pooling programme
with the help of companies. We would like
to attract towards corporate car pooling.this
is an effort to bring down pollution level
in metros and make driving cheaper.
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