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

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It is universally acknowledged that the problem of pollution due to
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of vehicles is snowballing by leaps and bounds. Growing concerns are becoming heated questions among the
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. Health and environmental issues are the
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dangers being faced by the
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concerned, I would like to state that increasing fuel cost has a detrimental impact on the
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. The
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and foremost point that strikes my mind is that
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hike in price has affected the budget of my citizens as personal transport is the only way of commuting for many. Another noteworthy notion which caters for our attention is that it has led to
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in travel
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by private agencies which in turn to make up for the loss has increased the amount of fare. An explanation
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can be given by an example of a survey conducted by The Hindustan Times in Jan 2021.
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report showed that
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number of pupils are using personal transport for official purpose as due to COVID19 public transport is not
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available nor it is safe to use and
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surge in value for petroleum has caused
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effect on their pockets and has
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in reducing traffic and pollution. Probing ahead, to the solution side as other measures can be more beneficial for the control of traffic jams and for the improvement in deterioration of
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rule can be introduced as a measure to curb it . Cars with even
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should be allowed on even days and the odd ones on odd dates.
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companies should be promoted to manufacture more
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electric vehicles
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with the benefit of being pocket friendly as well. After cogitating on a great deal of thought and discussion the conclusion to be drawn here is that pollution and traffic is a major problem being faced by many
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. Government alone cannot handle
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ticklish menace so authorities and citizens should walk hand in hand for
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noble cause so that
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problem can be irradiated.
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