Indian Cities Celebrate Earth Hour 2016

Posted by: 2016-03-21 03:00:30 ,
By Raj Kumar

Mumbai/Shimla/Chennai: Thousands of people across the country joined the global community by switching off extra lights in private and government buildings on Saturday evening to mark Earth Hour 2016.
In Mumbai several government and private buildings, public landmarks as well as common citizens contributed to 'cooling' the Earth by switching off lights for an hour between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm
Those who participated included several celebrities, film and television stars, industrialists and common people in the global initiative of the WWF which turns 10 this year.
This year, the WWF is also promoting 'clean and green country' with multiple solar energy reforms following the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015.
Mumbai-based NGO Young Environmentalists organised a cyclothon at daybreak on Saturday and closed with a carnival at Bandra's coastal Carter Road where solar and paper lanterns were distributed to slum kids from Dharavi.
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