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

Some folks consider that raising

fuel

costs is the most effective measure to curb

traffic

jams and environmental

pollution

.

However

, I don’t agree with

this

view and will give examples to prove the fallacy of

this

opinion. Improving public transport and effective implementation of

traffic

rules

are some ways to tackle

this

problem. Rather than solving any problem, increasing petrol charges has a negative effect on people's pockets.

Fuel

is required for transportation of everything that we use in daily life

such

as goods, vegetables, medicines, work commute etc. An increase in petrol price only results in people having to shell out extra money to meet their daily demands. To exemplify, though

fuel

prices

have significantly increased all over the world in the

last

50 years,

traffic

jams and

pollution

have still risen to higher levels.

Additionally

, increased

fuel

prices

have resulted in rising inflation which has eaten up people’s savings.

Hence

, rising

fuel

prices

are not an effective way to tackle

traffic

and

pollution

.

On the other hand

, there are other methods available to fight against these issues. The

first

solution is to improve public transportation facilities

such

as local buses, metro etc, which would encourage folks to use them

instead

of their own vehicles as public transportation cause lesser per capita

pollution

and leads to fewer

traffic

jams.

For example

, the majority of individuals in big cities like Delhi prefer to use the metro as their main commuting medium because it saves them time and it is

also

beneficial for the overall society. The

second

measure is to enforce

traffic

rules

strictly as most people don’t follow

traffic

rules

where they can easily escape after violating road

rules

and regulations.

For instance

, heavy fines and challans are good ways to keep violators in check as they fear they can get caught with strict laws in place. To conclude, increasing

fuel

prices

is not effective to curb

traffic

and

pollution

issues as

fuel

is the lifeline of our modern society. Good public transport services and strict

traffic

rules

are better ways to fight these problems.