Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

Rapid urbanization and deforestation have led to rise in number of vehicles in cities and have

also

caused alarming levels of environmental

pollution

. Some people think that making

petrol

costlier is the best way to resolve both these issues,

however

, I do not agree with

this

and in my opinion several other measures need to be implemented to reduce traffic and

pollution

.

Firstly

, increasing the

petrol

price can discourage people to use cars

upto

an extent, but will not have any major impact on

overall number

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the overall number

of vehicles on

road

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the road

.

Secondly

,

petrol

vehicles are not the main pollutants and the highest polluting vehicles are either diesel guzzling trucks or trains running on coals.

Also

, vehicular emission comprises only for a fraction of

air

pollution

and factories emitting toxic gases are the main culprits behind deterioration of the

air

quality. To reduce city traffic and

pollution

a robust public

transport

system is the key component. Most of the European countries were able to control

air

pollution

when they increased

number

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the number

of city buses, local trains and trams.

Additionally

, promotion of bicycle usage by office going people and

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a stipulated condition

provision

of electronic vehicles is going to help and employers and government can provide incentives to employees who use

greener mode

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the greener mode

a greener mode

of

transport

.

Moreover

, cities

also

require a good

waste

collection as most of the unsegregated household

waste

either ends up in incinerators or is burned illegally on roadsides, leading to rise in

air

pollution

.

Authorities

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The authorities

can make

provision

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the provision

of hefty fines and punishment for those who do not comply with the

waste

disposal system. Relocating factories outside city walls will

also

help in causing any visible change. To

conclued

decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

conclude

, by making

petrol

costlier the problem of traffic and

pollution

cannot be resolved completely and it requires a robust public

transport

,

waste

collection system along with usage of greener modes of

transport

and shifting the factories out of cities.