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.

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These days, the soaring figures at the Air Quality Index
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ause of stress for all the metropolitan cities. I completely disagree with the suggestion that
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by uplifting the charges of fuel we can control the road congestion as well as the air pollution issues. In
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problem by elevating the fuel charges and come up with certain feasible solutions.
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, nowadays owning a four-wheeler or driving it has gone beyond the aspect of
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comfort.
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, the increased price of
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petrol
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will rarely affect the usage of the vehicles.
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, since
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the charges of
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and diesel are constantly increasing. I remember, 5 years back the cost of 1 litre of
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was around Rs. 55 and today its Rs. 88, which is a significant rise but it could not pause the public in using their cars. Introducing more driveways and flyovers can be a reasonable solution to resolve the problem of bottle-necked roads. With more number of routes
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the traffic will divert into different directions and thereby minimising the road-congestion.
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, it used to take no less than 3 hours to travel from Bandra to Churchgate but with the construction of Bandra-South
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flyover, one can cover the same distance in just 30 minutes.
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, we can promote the usage of eco-friendly vehicles which do not
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air pollution.
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, by introducing subsidy on taxes as well as
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of discounts we can establish a good market for
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safe cars. To conclude, people these days are choosing comfort over money and they will not let go
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the leisure of travelling
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in their own car for a higher fuel price.
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, increasing the
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price to minimise the traffic issue will not be an appropriate idea.
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, traffic and air pollution can be controlled by building more flyovers and by supporting the usage of eco-friendly cars.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Discourage
  • Incentivize
  • Alternative energy
  • Public transportation
  • Lower-income
  • Carpool
  • Ride-sharing
  • Congestion
  • Urban planning
  • Pedestrian-friendly
  • Tax incentives
  • Electric and hybrid vehicles
  • Emissions standards
  • Cleaner vehicles
  • Congestion charges
  • Bicycle lanes
  • Sustainable
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