Question

Good air quality is one of the important factors for healthy life for young and old alike. Vehicular pollution is one of the major causes of deterioration of air quality in big cities.

(a) List any two ways in which you can try to bring in awareness amongst the students of your age group to reduce air pollution in your city.
(b) Why is the Government promoting use of CNG/unleaded Petrol as a fuel for public and private cars, and buses etc. ? Explain.

Answer 1

a) organising programmes (Street play,debates , slogan writing , drawing / painting events etc.)in the school and outside the school for community to create awareness drive related to the ill effect of pollution 
b) providing opportunity for hands on experiments/suveys to help students to internalise the actual
problems and then influence the adults around them Air pollution problems are becoming so serious that it is causing serious health problems .and also a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court of India. After being censured very strongly by the Supreme Court, under its directives, the government was asked to take preventive measures within a specified time periodfor reducing emission of poisonous gases and reduce air pollution / CNG is less expensive / CNG burns with no residue / CNG is non polluting / CNG cannot be adulterated like petrol and diesel