The Hindu 10.09.2009
Corporation to ban incandescent lamps
Staff Reporter
Awards will be given to offices which are successful in reducing power consumption
CHENNAI: As part of its efforts to reduce global warming, the Chennai Corporation will implement a ban on the use of incandescent lamps in all its buildings.
Mayor M. Subramanian announced this after British High Commissioner Richard Stagg met him and sought the civic body’s collaboration in preparing a roadmap for low carbon development pathway for the city.
The Mayor said that four lakh red and green bins had been distributed among residents of slums for source segregation of garbage.
The civic body would conduct a competition among its offices and give awards to those that are successful in reducing power consumption.
Planting saplings
He said the civic body had planted around 10,000 saplings every year.
Mr. Stagg said that with its attractive plan to reduce impact on climate change,
India could pay a major role in the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change in December by explaining to the world what it is doing.
The country’s per capita emissions were less than two tonnes, as against 10 tonnes in Europe and 24 tonnes in the U.S.
The U.K. was very clear that the developed world should share the bulk of the burden so that India can ensure the economic growth developed economies enjoyed in the past.
Fergus Auld, First Secretary, Climate Change and Energy at the British High Commission, New Delhi, said that ICLEI, a membership association of local governments for sustainability, was working with more than 40 cities from India in addressing climate change.
The project has completed detailed energy and carbon emission inventory for all the participating cities and identified sectors where respective Municipal Corporations can take lead.
Participating civic bodies have identified action plans to reduce energy consumption in municipal services and its operations, he said.
