India Gate to go orange for 'Orange the World' campaign

In order to draw attention to women through International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, the iconic India Gate in Delhi would be lit up in orange - as part of a global 'Orange the World' campaign. The event was organized by UN Women Indian along with UNFPA India, UNDP and UN in India as part of the United Nations' global campaign. This will go on till December 10 which has been designated as the UN's Human Rights Day.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 26 November 2015.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, while inaugurating the event, has said that addressing the issue of woman empowerment should be the topmost priority right now.
The campaign had begun in 1991 and has witnessed participation across 17 countries with landmarks such as the Sphinx in Egypt and the Empire State Building in New York lit up in orange in solidarity.
The event addressed issues common to the weaker sex like eve-teasing, dowry, acid attacks, child marriage, compulsory education for girl child and physical violence among others.
Discrimination and violence against women often starts even before their birth and the 'Beti Bachao' campaign of the government has brought the issue in the public forum.

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Delhi to observe a car-free day on 22 October from 7am to 12 noon

Delhi will observe a car-free day on 22 October (Dussera) as an initiative of the government to encourage people to use public transport in the national capital – day, for this purpose, would be clocked as from 7am to 12noon. The stretch covered would be from the Red Fort and India Gate.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 2 October 2015.

As Transport Minister Gopal Rai has indicated, the government proposes a cycle rally on that day in the morning on the car-free stretch.
He has also added that the government would ensure that no car is allowed to ply between the stretch falling between the Red Fort and India Gate on October 22. However, a fleet of 20 DTC buses would be deployed as shuttle service between Red Fort and India Gate to facilitate people.
The government will also appeal to e-rickshaws to run their vehicles on this stretch so that people don't have to face problem.
This initiative is fine but Delhi government should consider earmarking a specific day of the week to the cause and not just a few hours. That way, people would get used to the concept and begin to patronize alternate means of travel like bicycles. Automatically, the environment would remain free of pollution.
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